Table 1 Reported 18 cases of spontaneous bleeding from accessory spleens or splenosis
From: Spontaneous hemorrhage from splenic tissue 13 years after total splenectomy: report of a case
Reference | Age/sex | Major complaint | History of splenectomy (cause and age of splenectomy) | Hemorrhagic shock | Bleeding mass | Hemorrhagic space | Treatment | Outcome | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sort | Size (cm) | Location | ||||||||
1974, Texeira [18] | 11/F | Pain, pyrexia, vomiting | − | − | AS | 2 | LUA | Intraperitoneal | Excision | 7 days, discharged |
1989, Basile [19] | 24/M | Pain, melena | + (trauma, 5 years old) | + | SP | 1–5 | Ileum | Gastrointestinal | Excision | 7 days, discharged |
1990, Goodman [20] | 36/M | Pain, fatigue, pyrexia, anorexia | + (trauma, 6 years old) | − | AS | ND | LUA | Subcapsule of the AS | Excision | ND |
1991, Cuckow [21] | 44/M | Pain | + (trauma, 32 years old) | − | SP | 2 | Duodenum | Intraperitoneal | Excision | Recovered |
1991, Feferman [22] | 31/F | Pain | + (trauma, 9 years old) | + | SP | 5–6 | Uterine ligament | Intraperitoneal | Excision | Recovered |
1992, Cordier [23] | 50/M | Hemoptysis, pain | + (trauma, 22 years old) | − | SP | ND | Left pleura | Intrapulmonary | Excision | 11 months, asymptomatic |
1996, Chiarugi [24] | 65/M | Hematemesis, melena | + (Gaucher’s disease, 36 years old) | + | SP | 11 | Stomach | Gastrointestinal | Excision | 9 days, discharged |
1998, Katz [25] | 65/F | Pain, nausea | + (trauma, 45 years old) | − | SP | 3 | LUA | Retroperitoneal | Observation | Several months, asymptomatic |
1999, Coote [26] | 50/F | Pain, vomiting, malaise | − | − | AS | 5 | LUA | Intraperitoneal | Excision | 4 days, discharged |
1999, Padilla [27] | 29/M | Pain, vomiting | − | + | AS | ND | LUA | Intraperitoneal | Excision | No complications |
2000, Sikov [28] | 48/M | Fatigue, melena | +, (trauma, 7 years old) | + | SP | ND | Small bowel | Gastrointestinal | Excision | Several years, asymptomatic |
2001, Syed [29] | 49/M | Hemoptysis | + (trauma, several years ago) | − | SP | 4 | Left pleura | Intrapulmonary | Observation | ND |
2008, Margari [30] | 47/M | Gastrointestinal bleeding | + (trauma, 28 years old) | ND | SP | 5 | Stomach | Gastrointestinal | Excision | ND |
2009, Depypere [31] | 62/F | Pain | + (trauma, 49 years old) | − | ID | 4.5 | LUA | Retroperitoneal | Excision | Recovered |
2012, Obokhare [32] | 41/M | Pain, constipation, melena | + (gastric varices, 39 years old) | − | SP | 6.5 | Colon | Gastrointestinal | Excision | Recovered |
2013, Hiranyatheb [11] | 16/F | Hematemesis | + (thalassemia, 5 years old) | − | SP | 4 | Stomach | Gastrointestinal | Excision | 3 years, asymptomatic |
2013, Yang [33] | 42/M | Melena | + (trauma, 25 years old) | − | SP | 5 | Stomach | Gastrointestinal | Excision | Recovered |
2015, Maki [The present case] | 33/M | Abdominal distension | + (spherocytosis, 20 years old) | + | ID | 9 | LUA | Intraperitoneal, intramesenteric, and retroperitoneal | Excision | 4 months, asymptomatic |