asplenia

Quando l’anamnesi non aiuta... occhio alla clinica (e alla milza)

Sardella L, Abbagnato L, Agosti M, Salvatore S, Selicorni A.

2025/8 — pag. 530 — DOI

The case of a 15-year-old girl with Epstein-Barr virus infectious mononucleosis complicated by splenomegaly and traumatic splenic rupture with haemoperitoneum is described. She was treated with splenic embolization, blood transfusion, antibiotic ther...

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2024/7

La B12 c'è ma non funziona

Vitale R.

2024/7 — pag. 468-470 — DOI

The paper reports the typical case and clinic of a defect in B12 metabolism. Such diseases, which are rare, mimic B12 intake or absorption deficits (crasis alterations, mixed neuropathy) but are distinguished first and foremost by the presence of nor...

"Deep purple": un caso di purpura fulminans in asplenia congenita isolata

Cattaneo F, Mariani E, Lazzerotti A

2024/7 — pag. 468-470 — DOI

Asplenic patients are well-known to be at higher risk of infections, which are primarily caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Such infections may present with a sudden onset and a fulminant course, potentially leading to septic shock, purpura fulminan...

"Deep purple": un caso di purpura fulminans in asplenia congenita isolata

Cattaneo F, Mariani E, Lazzerotti A

2024/7 — pag. 129-132 — DOI

Asplenic patients are well-known to be at higher risk of infections, which are primarily caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Such infections may present with a sudden onset and a fulminant course, potentially leading to septic shock, purpura fulminan...

Asplenia congenita

V. Migliarino, R. Lapenna, A. Comici, M.P. Miani, S. Naviglio, E. Barbi

2020/8 — pag. 196-200 — DOI

The paper presents a case of congenital asplenia diagnosed occasionally in a child who previously presented with a pneumococcal sepsis. The case offers the opportunity to discuss about the elevated risk of severe invasive infections in patients with ...

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2008/7 — pag. 419-420