“…There are multiple causes for atraumatic or spontaneous splenic rupture such as microbial infection, tumour growth, hyperplasia of splenic cells, physical activities such as weightlifting and rarely, some physiological processes including pregnancy (Halliday et al, 2020;Kaniappan et al, 2018;Lam et al, 2014;Lieberman and Levitt, 1989;Renzulli et al, 2009;Rueda-Esteban et al, 2020). However, the adverse effects of SBE on spleen are rarely encountered.…”