Atraumatic splenic rupture is a rare but clinically significant event occurring in the absence of external trauma. Often representing the initial manifestation of underlying pathology—such as ...

Background: Peliosis is a rare condition characterised by multiple cyst-like, blood-filled cavities within the parenchyma of solid organs. Most commonly affecting the liver, isolated splenic peliosis ...

Q: Our daughter was sick for weeks. What started out looking like a simple cold just wouldn't go away. She was seen by a doctor twice before they did a blood test and found out she had mono. Now we're ...

Background Splenomegaly is common in infectious mononucleosis (IM) and splenic rupture during the return-to-play process is a known complication. 1 Because IM has a variable disease course, safe ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — What started as an ordinary day quickly turned into a life-threatening emergency for 17-year-old Truman Davis. His parents, Heather and Ben Davis, described the terrifying ...

VIENNA (AP) — Austrian ski jumper Eva Pinkelnig has undergone emergency surgery for a spleen rupture following a training crash, the Austrian ski federation said Thursday. Pinkelnig fell after landing ...