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  • Title: Perisplenitis as a cause of acute abdomen: a case report.
    Author: El Tayar AR, Labruzzo C, Haritopoulos K, Papalois V, Hakim NS.
    Journal: Int Surg; 2002; 87(4):205-7. PubMed ID: 12575800.
    Abstract:
    Splenitis can complicate blood-borne sepsis in hemodialysis patients. Symptoms include left upper quadrant pain and tenderness in addition to generalized systemic manifestation of infection. Clinical diagnosis is difficult and there is no specific investigation to confirm it. Computed tomography scan of the spleen can help in identifying a splenic abscess, rupture, or infarction. A splenectomy is the treatment of choice in splenic abscess, in splenitis to avoid spontaneous rupture, and in recurrent perisplenitis.
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