Primary Amyloidosis With Spontaneous Rupture of the Spleen and Sudden Death

Case Reports1 August 1955PRIMARY AMYLOIDOSIS WITH SPONTANEOUS RUPTURE OF THE SPLEEN AND SUDDEN DEATHJOHN F. DRAPIEWSKI, M.D., F.A.C.P., SANFORD B. STERNLIEB, M.D., ROBERT JONES, M.D.JOHN F. DRAPIEWSKI, M.D., F.A.C.P., SANFORD B. STERNLIEB, M.D., ROBERT JONES, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-43-2-406 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe first case of primary amyloidosis was reported by Wilks1in 1856. Ninety-six years later Higgins and Higgins2had gathered a total of 71 cases. Like any disease the clinical diagnosis of which depends upon a sensitive index of suspicion, primary amyloidosis is perhaps less rare than these figures indicate. Yet it is certainly not a common disease, and primary amyloidosis complicated by spontaneous rupture of the spleen is most unusual. The first such case was reported by Wiley, Teeter and Schnabel.3Recently Frohner,4in a discussion of trauma and preëxisting disease with rupture of the spleen, did not include...Bibliography1. Wilks S: Guy's Hosp. Rep. 103: 11, 1856. Google Scholar2. HigginsHiggins WHWH: Primary amyloidosis, a clinical and pathological study, Am. J. M. Sc. 220: 610, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. WileyTeeterSchnabel ATRRTG: Rupture of the spleen in primary amyloidosis. Report of a case, M. Clin. North America 35: 1841 (Nov.) 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Frohner RN: Trauma and preëxisting disease with rupture of the spleen, Ann. Int. Med. 40: 501, 1954. LinkGoogle Scholar5. DahlinStaufferMann DCMHFD: Laboratory and biopsy diagnosis of amyloidosis, M. Clin. North America 34: 1171 (July) 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. Whittlesey WN: Primary atypical amyloidosis, Arch. Int. Med. 86: 245, 1950. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. Dahlin DC: Classification and general aspects of amyloidosis, M. Clin. North America 34: 1107 (July) 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. Editorial: Primary systemic amyloidosis, Ann. Int. Med. 38: 620, 1953. LinkGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania*Received for publication June 23, 1954.From the Department of Pathology, Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByAmyloidosis of the Lymph Nodes and the SpleenAtraumatic splenic rupture in amyloidosisSpontaneous rupture of the spleen in AL amyloidosisSpontaneous rupture of an amyloid spleen in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysisSpontaneous rupture of the spleen and liver in amyloidosis A Case report and review of the literaturePrimary amyloidosisPrimary AmyloidosisDie ParamyloidoseAMYLOIDOSIS: ITS CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGIC MANIFESTATIONS, WITH A REPORT OF 12 CASES*GEORGE L. BERO, M.D.Primary Amyloidosis: A Review 1 August 1955Volume 43, Issue 2Page: 406-412KeywordsAmyloidosisSpleen Issue Published: 1 August 1955 PDF DownloadLoading ...