Case report of a young female with early presentation of spontaneous splenic rupture in infectious mononucleosis

Spontaneous splenic rupture is a well known, yet very rare complication of infectious mononucleosis with an estimated incidence of 0.06% to 0.5%. It primarily affects teenagers and young adults and is the leading cause of death in infectious mononucleosis. There is a 9% mortality rate associated wit...

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Veröffentlicht in:Hellenic journal of surgery 2016-09, Vol.88 (5), p.380-382
Hauptverfasser: Kourounis, Georgios, Parpounas, C., Hadzipolycarpou, A., Loizou, M., Petrou, A.
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Zusammenfassung:Spontaneous splenic rupture is a well known, yet very rare complication of infectious mononucleosis with an estimated incidence of 0.06% to 0.5%. It primarily affects teenagers and young adults and is the leading cause of death in infectious mononucleosis. There is a 9% mortality rate associated with spontaneous splenic ruptures; in all lethal cases a rupture occurs within the first 10 days of symptoms onset from infectious mononucleosis. The present case report concerns a young female, who presented with abdominal pain, vomiting and positive Kehr’s sign two days after the onset of infectious mononucleosis symptoms. The patient was diagnosed with a spontaneous splenic rupture due to infectious mononucleosis and was treated operatively by laparotomy and splenectomy. The patient was successfully treated, and had no post operative complications.
ISSN:0018-0092
1868-8845
DOI:10.1007/s13126-016-0352-4