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Table 1 Some Causes of Pathologic Splenic Rupture [1, 3]

From: Spontaneous splenic rupture in an active duty Marine upon return from Iraq: a case report

Infectious

Neoplastic and Hematologic

Bacterial

   Leukemia

   Staphylococci

   Lymphoma

   Streptococci

   Myelofibrosis

   Clostridium spp.

   Multiple myeloma

   Actinomycosis

   Splenic malignancy

   Salmonella spp.

   Hepatocellular carcinoma

   Enterobacter spp.

   Hemophilia

   Campylobacter spp.

   Congenital factor XIII deficiency

   Haemophilus spp.

   Protein S deficiency

   Tularemia

   Hemolytic anemia

   Brucellosis

   Polycythemia

   Legionellosis

   Anticoagulant therapy

   Tuberculosis

 

Viral

Local splenic causes

   Infectious mononucleosis

   Splenic cyst

   Mumps

   Splenic vein thrombosis

   Hepatitis A

   Splenic peliosis

   Dengue

   Diffuse splenic angiomatosis

   Cytomegalovirus

   Portal hypertension

   Rubella

   Splenic infarct

   Varicella-zoster

 

   Influenza

Miscellaneous

   HIV

   Sarcoidosis

Other

   Amyloidosis

   Malaria

   Wilson's disease

   Leishmaniasis (visceral)

   Gaucher's disease

   Syphilis

   Cirrhosis

   Echinoccocus spp.

   Crohn's disease

   Typhus

   Polyarteritis nodosa

   Leptospirosis

   Systemic lupus erythematosus

   Q fever

   Pancreatitis

   Relapsing fever

   Rheumatoid arthritis

   Candidiasis

   Wegener's vasculitis