Splenic infarction causes

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• Leukemia

• Lymphoma (i.e., Hodgkin lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma)

• Myelofibrosis

• Hypercoagulable states

• Protein C deficiency

• Protein S deficiency

• Oral contraceptives

• Lupus anticoagulant

• Erythropoietin therapy

• Idiopathic venous thrombosis

• Polycythemia vera

• Sickle hemoglobinopathies

• Endocarditis

• Atrial fibrillation

• Prosthetic mitral valve

• Paradoxical emboli from right heart

• Left ventricular mural thrombus following myocardial infarct

• Infected thoracic aortic graft

• HIV-associated mycobacterial infections

• SLE

• Kawasaki disease

• Wegener’s granulomatosis

• Polyarteritis nodosa

• Blunt trauma

• Torsion of the wandering spleen

• Left heart catheterization via femoral artery approach

• Sclerotherapy of bleeding gastric varices

• Pitressin infusion

• Embolization for splenic bleeding

• Pancreatectomy

• Liver transplantation

• Meningococcaemia

• Kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis)

• Infectious mononucleosis

• Clostridium perfringens

• Campylobacter fetus

• Salmonellosis

• Plasmodium vivax

• Plasmodium falciparum

• Leptospirosis

• Naratriptan
• Sumatriptan

• Splenic vein thrombosis

• Pancreatitis

• Amyloidosis

• Sarcoidosis

• Pancreatic cancer

• Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)

• Postpartum toxic shock syndrome

Splenic infarction can be induced for the treatment of such conditions as portal hypertension or splenic injury^[9]. It can also be used prior to splenectomy for the prevention of blood loss.

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