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Atraumatic splenic rupture in amyloidosis

open access: yesAmyloid: the International Journal of Experimental and Clinical Investigation: the Official Journal of the International Society of Amyloidosis, 2009
Splenic involvement in amyloidosis is rather frequent (5-10%). An atraumatic rupture of the affected spleen is however an extremely rare event. We report on a patient with undiagnosed amyloidosis who underwent emergency splenectomy for atraumatic splenic rupture.Review of the literature and identification of 31 patients, including our own case report ...
Alain Schoepfer   +2 more
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Spontaneous (atraumatic) splenic rupture complicating anticoagulant treatment for splenic infarction

open access: yesActa Cardiologica, 2013
We report the case of a 61-year-old male patient who suffered a spontaneous (atraumatic) splenic rupture (SSR) following splenic infarction treated by heparin anticoagulation. Splenic rupture precipitated by thrombolytic or anticoagulant therapy has been reported and putatively attributed to unrecognized micro-traumatisms i.e.
Fabrice C. Deprez   +2 more
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[Lethal atraumatic splenic rupture due to infectious mononucleosis].

open access: yesArchiv fur Kriminologie, 2010
The authors report on the sudden and unexpected death of a 20-year-old man from atraumatic rupture of the enlarged spleen due to infectious mononucleosis. The case exemplifies the forensic relevance of infectious mononucleosis, atraumatic splenic rupture and post-mortem serological tests.
Pfäffli, Matthias, Wyler, Daniel
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