Table 2 Cases of splenic rupture associated with previously undiagnosed infiltrative or inflammatory pathology

Infectious

Malaria

65

[49–60]

Mononucleosis

42

[61–90]

CMV

6

[91–95]

Typhoid fever

4

[96, 97]

Endocarditis with splenic embolism

3

[98–100]

Pneumonia

3

[101–103]

HIV

3

[104–106]

Q fever

2

[107, 108]

Salmonella sp.

2

[109, 110]

Splenic tuberculosis

2

[111, 112]

Viral Hepatitis

2

[113, 114]

EBV

1

[115]

Babesiosis

1

[116]

Brucellosis

1

[117]

Bartonella

1

[118]

Dengue fever

1

[119]

Enterobacter cloacae

1

[120]

Murine typhus

1

[121]

Rickettsia sp.

1

[122]

Varicella

1

[123]

Haematologic

Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

25

[124–145]

Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

5

[146–150]

Undifferentiated Lymphoma

3

[151–153]

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

18

[154–165]

Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

7

[166–172]

Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

6

[64, 173–177]

Hairy Cell Leukemia

5

[178–182]

Acute T-cell Leukemia

1

[183]

Undfifferentiated Leukemia

1

[184]

Histiocytosis

6

[185–190]

Multiple Myeloma

2

[63, 191]

Idiopathic Thrombocytic Purpura

1

[192]

Myelofibrosis

1

[193]

Polycythemia Vera

1

[194]

Sickle Cell Disease

1

[195]

Essential Thrombocythemia

1

[196]

Rheumatologic

Wegener’s Granulomatosis

3

[197–199]

Polyarteritis Nodosa

3

[200, 201]

Systemic Lupus Erythematosis

3

[202–204]

Rheumatoid Arthritis

1

[205]

Other

Amyloidosis

24

[65, 206–216]

Peliosis

8

[217–224]

Pancreatitis

5

[151, 225–228]

Gaucher’s Disease

1

[80]

Wilson’s Disease

1

[229]

Total

276