At the word "infarction" almost all people have associations with cardiovascular diseases. However, this pathology affects not only the heart, but also other internal organs. Spleen infarction is a fairly common occurrence, but it is not widely known. It represents ischemia and necrosis of its tissues due to cessation of blood circulation in the vessels, embolism or thrombosis. The disease is quite dangerous and can provoke an abscess of the organ.
Causes of a spleen infarction
Factors that cause the described disease, a lot:
- lymphoma;
- endocarditis;
- hypercoagulation of blood in protein disorders;
- leukemia;
- ventricular fibrillation;
- idiopathic venous thrombosis;
- lymphogranulomatosis;
- myelofibrosis;
- sickle-cell anemia;
- reception of oral contraceptives;
- blunt body trauma;
- Marciafawa-Micheli syndrome;
- hemolytic anemia;
- vascular pathologies;
- torsion of the mobile spleen;
- autoimmune diseases;
- sepsis;
- complications of surgical interventions and intravascular operations;
- damage to connective tissue.
Symptoms of ischemic myocardial infarction
If the infarction was non-extensive, there are no clinical manifestations of circulatory disturbance.
Otherwise, there are such signs:
- nausea;
- flatulence;
- severe vomiting;
- sharp pains, sometimes unbearable, in the region of the left lower rib;
- intestinal atony ;
- high body temperature;
- chest pain irradiating in the shoulder, scapula, thorax;
- chills.
Treatment of a spleen infarction
Usually the considered pathology proceeds without complications and for therapy it is enough:
- nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs;
- analgesics;
- thrombolytic drugs;
- anticoagulants and other symptomatic agents.
When there was an extensive heart attack with severe consequences, especially abscesses, a complete or partial removal of the organ is required.