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Acquired functional asplenia. Association with spontaneous rupture of the spleen and fatal spontaneous rupture of the liver in amyloidosis.

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Hurd, WW; Katholi, RE
Published in: Arch Intern Med
June 1980

A 45-year-old woman who had lower extremity ecchymoses and vague abdominal and back complaints was found to have acquired functional asplenia manifested by Howell-Jolly bodies and poikilocytosis on peripheral blood smear. On spleen scan there was inability to take up radioactive colloid. Shortly thereafter, she was found to have a spontaneous rupture of the spleen. At operation, the spleen, liver, and periaortic lymph nodes were found to be diffusely involved with amyloidosis. Five months later, an acute, serious, intra-abdominal condition developed secondary to spontaneous rupture of the liver, and the patient died. To our knowledge, neither acquired functional asplenia nor spontaneous rupture of the liver has been reported previously in association with amyloidosis.

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Arch Intern Med

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ISSN

0003-9926

Publication Date

June 1980

Volume

140

Issue

6

Start / End Page

844 / 845

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Splenic Rupture
  • Splenic Diseases
  • Spleen
  • Rupture, Spontaneous
  • Middle Aged
  • Liver Diseases
  • Humans
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Female
  • Amyloidosis
 

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Hurd, W. W., & Katholi, R. E. (1980). Acquired functional asplenia. Association with spontaneous rupture of the spleen and fatal spontaneous rupture of the liver in amyloidosis. Arch Intern Med, 140(6), 844–845. https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.140.6.844
Hurd, W. W., and R. E. Katholi. “Acquired functional asplenia. Association with spontaneous rupture of the spleen and fatal spontaneous rupture of the liver in amyloidosis.Arch Intern Med 140, no. 6 (June 1980): 844–45. https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.140.6.844.
Hurd, W. W., and R. E. Katholi. “Acquired functional asplenia. Association with spontaneous rupture of the spleen and fatal spontaneous rupture of the liver in amyloidosis.Arch Intern Med, vol. 140, no. 6, June 1980, pp. 844–45. Pubmed, doi:10.1001/archinte.140.6.844.

Published In

Arch Intern Med

DOI

ISSN

0003-9926

Publication Date

June 1980

Volume

140

Issue

6

Start / End Page

844 / 845

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Splenic Rupture
  • Splenic Diseases
  • Spleen
  • Rupture, Spontaneous
  • Middle Aged
  • Liver Diseases
  • Humans
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Female
  • Amyloidosis