Assessment of Clinical Conditions Associated With Splenic Infarction in Adult Patients

Allan S Brett; Neda Azizzadeh; Emily M Miller; Robert J Collins; Mary B Seegars; Matthew A Marcus

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.2168

Assessment of Clinical Conditions Associated With Splenic Infarction in Adult Patients

JAMA Intern Med. 2020 Aug 1;180(8):1125-1128. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.2168.

Authors

Allan S Brett¹, Neda Azizzadeh¹, Emily M Miller^{1

2}, Robert J Collins^{1

3}, Mary B Seegars^{1

4}, Matthew A Marcus⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia.
² Now with Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis.
³ Now with South Carolina Oncology Associates, Columbia.
⁴ Now with Division of Hematology/Oncology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
⁵ Department of Radiology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia.

Abstract

This case series examines the clinical conditions associated with splenic infarction of adult patients between 2010 and 2015 from computed tomographic imaging scans.

Publication types

Observational Study

MeSH terms

Abdominal Pain / etiology*
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cardiovascular Diseases / complications
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Splenic Infarction / complications*
Young Adult