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- The case involves a patient with a severe flare-up of chronic pancreatitis who experienced a rare, non-traumatic rupture of the spleen.
- Atraumatic splenic rupture can either happen spontaneously or in damaged spleens and is often linked to inflammatory conditions like pancreatitis.
- Early diagnosis is crucial as this condition, while uncommon, is treatable and can significantly impact the patient's health.
Article Abstract
We report the case of a patient with acute exacerbation of chronic pancreatitis and he suffered an atraumatic splenic rupture. Splenic rupture not associated with trauma is a rare entity that can occurs in normal spleen (spontaneous) or damaged spleen (pathological). This entity may be associated with local inflammatory processes, such as pancreatitis. Ultrasound is a non-invasive technique which is used in unstable patients. CT is useful for making a diagnosis of extension in patients with hemodynamic stability. Atraumatic splenic rupture as a complication of chronic pancreatitis is an unusual disease that requires a high index of suspicion which allows us an early diagnosis because it is a treatable entity that compromises the patient's life.
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