Published January 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

The pathologic splenic rupture of a patient with scrub typhus: a case report

  • 1. College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu (Korea, Republic of)

Description

A pathologic splenic rupture is rare, occurring primarily in a spleen affected by infective, hematological, and neoplastic disease. To the best of our knowledge, no prior reports of a pathologic splenic rupture due to scrub typhus exist. Intrasplenic pseudoaneurysms and focal infarctions are visible on an initial CT scan. Moreover, the spontaneous splenic rupture occurred a week later. We report a case of nontraumatic-splenic rupture in a patient with scrub typhus

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
Journal Volume
58
Journal Issue
1
Series
10 refs, 2 figs
Journal Page Range
p. 83-86
ISSN
1738-2637

INIS

Country of Publication
Korea, Republic of
Country of Input or Organization
Korea, Republic of
INIS RN
39032700
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENTS; RUPTURES; SPLEEN; TYPHUS
Descriptors DEC
BODY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; FAILURES; INFECTIOUS DISEASES; ORGANS; RICKETTSIAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY