- Research Article
6- 10.1001/archfami.9.2.195
Spontaneous splenic infarction secondary to diabetes-induced microvascular disease.
- Feb 01, 2000
- Archives of Family Medicine
- P P Toth
Splenic infarction is a clinical entity seldom encountered. The most frequent causes of splenic infarction include thromboembolic phenomena, hematologic malignant neoplasms, and vasculitides. We describe a patient who sustained splenic infarction secondary to diabetes-induced, small-vessel atherosclerotic disease.
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