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Spontaneous splenic rupture secondary to angiosarcoma. 1990

J W Buckner, and G Porterfield, and G R Williams

Department of Surgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73126.

Angiosarcoma of the spleen is a rare tumor with a very poor prognosis. Review of the world literature reveals only 57 reported cases of this neoplasm. Sixteen of these presented with an acute abdomen secondary to splenic rupture. Patients with this tumor have a mean survival time of 14.4 months after detection, and this decreases to 4.4 months after splenic rupture. The only rational treatment is splenectomy prior to splenic rupture. This paper describes another case presenting as spontaneous splenic rupture.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D006394	Hemangiosarcoma	A rare malignant neoplasm characterized by rapidly proliferating, extensively infiltrating, anaplastic cells derived from blood vessels and lining irregular blood-filled or lumpy spaces. (Stedman, 25th ed)	Angiosarcoma,Angiosarcomas,Hemangiosarcomas
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D012422	Rupture, Spontaneous	Tear or break of an organ, vessel or other soft part of the body, occurring in the absence of external force.	Ruptures, Spontaneous,Spontaneous Rupture,Spontaneous Ruptures
D013158	Splenic Diseases	Diseases involving the SPLEEN.	Disease, Splenic,Diseases, Splenic,Splenic Disease
D013160	Splenic Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the SPLEEN.	Cancer of Spleen,Spleen Cancer,Cancer of the Spleen,Neoplasms, Splenic,Spleen Neoplasms,Splenic Cancer,Cancer, Spleen,Cancer, Splenic,Cancers, Spleen,Cancers, Splenic,Neoplasm, Spleen,Neoplasm, Splenic,Neoplasms, Spleen,Spleen Cancers,Spleen Neoplasm,Splenic Cancers,Splenic Neoplasm