non-traumatic rupture is extremely rare and has been associated as an unusual event in patients with SLE and so far, only six cases have been reported in the literature [5,[9][10][11][12][13]. Since in these cases there is no history of trauma, the diagnosis is often missed ou delayed.We report a 35-year-old woman with SLE who had spontaneous splenic rupture during the course of her illness and present a brief review of spontaneous splenic rupture in SLE.
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