A Case Report of an Abdominal Pain: Spontaneous Splenic Hematoma with Unknown Etiology
Author(s) -
Ali Shafiee,
Seyyed Jalal Eshaghhosseini
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
qom univ med sci j
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2008-1375
pISSN - 1735-7799
DOI - 10.29252/qums.12.9.75
Subject(s) - etiology , medicine , abdominal pain , hematoma , surgery , pathology
Email: jalaleshaghhoseini@gmail.com Received: 15 Sep, 2018 Accepted: 4 Oct, 2018 Abstract Background and Objectives: Splenic hematoma is one of the common complications following abdominal blunt trauma, but non-traumatic splenic hematomas are not common and occurs in some cases, such as hematologic disorders and/or infections. Idiopathic splenic hematoma that occurs spontaneously without an underlying disease, is a rare occurrence, which its diagnosis needs strong clinical suspicion.
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