case presentation a 27-year-old male, without a remarkable medical history, who suffered from abdominal pain for 2 days after falling was admitted to the emergency department with hypovolemic shock. upon performing emergency laparotomy a ruptured splenic artery aneurysm was found. conclusions it is important to consider rupture of a splenic artery aneurysm in patients with abdominal pain and hy...

splenic hamartoma is an unusual accidental finding with non-neoplastic feature that may be incidentally diagnosed because of its compression effect on surrounding organs. the predominant pathological feature leading diagnosis is circumscribed, un-encapsulated bulging nodules with focal fibrosis or cyst. the histopathological feature of splenic hamartoma is the positivity for cd8, and occasional...

primary splenic cyst is a rare entity and majority of the cases are classified as epithelial cysts. they are uncommon, comprising only about 10% of benign non-parasitic cysts. most of the cysts are asymptomatic, and they are incidental findings during abdominal ultrasonography. we report a case of 20 years old male who presented with 1 year history of mild abdominal pain and left upper quadrant...

hydatid disease has a worldwide spreading. the most common site of the disease is the liver, lungs, kidney, bones, and brain. splenic hydatid disease has been reported to constitute 2% to 6% of patients with abdominal hydatid disease. because of the rarity of splenic hydatid disease, the probable concomitance of the liver and splenic hydatid cysts should be taken into consideration by clinician...

abstract distal pancreatectomy has been a standard technique for pancreatic body and tail lesions for years ago. recently, it is being performed laparoscopically in a perfect manner. there are two common methods for this procedure. one is distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy and the other is distal pancreatectomy with spleen preservation. in patients with splenic vessels involvement, it is no...

background: splenic cysts are known as rare clinical encounter. classifying into primary (true) and secondary cysts (pseudocysts), true cysts contain cellular epithelial lining and subdivided into parasitic and non-parasitic cysts. this study aimed to determine the outcome of treatment in patients with splenic cyst. methods: all patients with splenic cyst who had been treated in department of g...

splenic rupture during pregnancy is considered a catastrophic condition associated with high maternal and fetal mortality and morbidity. herein, we report a case of severe preeclampsia that underwent cesarean delivery with subsequent spontaneous splenic rupture. a 21-year-old primigravid woman was transferred to our center due to severe preeclampsia that underwent cesarean delivery because of u...

A 23 day old infant patient underwent 99mTc-denatured RBC scanning for locating possible ectopic spleen in our department.  The scan showed no tracer activity in normal splenic bed in the left upper quadrant and an ectopic spleen was shown on the right side of abdomen inferior to the liver. 99mTc-denatured RBC scan is an easy and available method for splenic localization i...

although splenic metastasis is fairly common in disseminated cancer, solitary splenic metastasis in the absence of diffuse dissemination is rare. we report a case of 44 year-old man who developed isolated splenic metastasis of colon cancer. the patient had undergone right sided hemicolectomy for colon cancer in 1988. in 2001, he underwent reoperation because of local recurrence of tumor in the ...

visceral leishmaniasis or kala azar is endemic in certain regions of india. in endemic areas, the con-stellation of fever, progressive weight loss, weakness, pronounced splenomegaly, anemia, leukopenia, and hypergammaglobulinemia is highly suggestive of visceral leishmaniasis. demonstration of the parasite in liver, splenic or bone marrow aspirates is confirmatory. we present a case in which le...