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Spontaneous rupture of the spleen: an unusual complication of systemic lupus erythematosus

F B Karassa

Centre for Rheumatology, Bloomsbury Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, University College London Medical School, London, UK

D A Isenberg

Centrefor Rheumatology, Bloomsbury Rheumatology Unit, Departmentof Medicine, University College London Medical School, Arthur Stanley House, 40 – 50 Tottenham Street, London WIP 9PG, UK d.isenberg{at}ucl.ac.uk

Although splenicabnormalities are widely recognised in patients with lupus, spontaneous rupture of the spleen is rare. We describe a patient whose spleen ruptured spontaneously 19 years after the onset of her disease, and comparethis case with four others that have been described in theprevious literature. Possible contributing factors to this rupture are discussed.

Key Words: systemiclupus erythematosus • splenicrupture

Lupus, Vol. 10, No. 12, 876-878 (2001)
DOI: 10.1191/096120301701548535
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