Spontaneous arterial calcification: a possible etiology for spontaneous splenic rupture in a patient on maintenance hemodialysis.

Abstract

Spontaneous splenic rupture (SSR) is a rare condition in contrast to traumatic splenic hematoma, and vascular abnormality has rarely mentioned as an etiology in SSR with patients who had chronic kidney disease. We reported a 80-year-old female whose SSR might be related to splenic arterial calcification.

• Authors: Yi-Chou Hou, Yen-Lin Chen, Kuo-Cheng Lu
• Journal: Blood purification (Blood Purif) Vol. 38 Issue 2 Pg. 96-9 ( 2014) ISSN: 1421-9735 [Electronic] Switzerland
• PMID: 25378086 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: © 2014 S. Karger AG, Basel.

Chemical References

• Calcium

Topics

• Aged, 80 and over
• Calcium (metabolism)
• Female
• Humans
• Kidney Failure, Chronic (complications, pathology, physiopathology, therapy)
• Renal Dialysis
• Spleen (blood supply, injuries, surgery)
• Splenic Artery (metabolism, physiopathology, surgery)
• Splenic Rupture (etiology, pathology, physiopathology, surgery)
• Vascular Calcification (complications, pathology, physiopathology, surgery)