A Case of Atraumatic Splenic Rupture in Twin Pregnancy
A 31 year old woman with 34 weeks of twin pregnancy underwent caserean section for fetal distres. Before the uterine incision, hemoperitoneum was observed and splenic rupture was detected when the origin of the bleeding was sought and primary repair was ...
Akın Sivaslıoğlu +5 more
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Clinical presentation and management of atraumatic splenic rupture [PDF]
Key Clinical Message Atraumatic splenic rupture is a rare, but well‐documented and life‐threatening clinical entity that is often misdiagnosed. Clinicians should include this entity in their differential diagnosis using clinical judgement even in the ...
Alain N. Sahin +2 more
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Atraumatic Splenic Rupture: Experience of 8 Cases
Atraumatic splenic rupture (ASR) is rare but life threatening. In this study, we retrospectively described our experience on the diagnosis and treatment of 8 patients (male: 6; female: 2; mean age: 49.6) with ASR.
Jian Liu +4 more
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Liver cirrhosis with splenomegaly and portal hypertension has been described in the medical literature as increasing the risk of splenic rupture. We report a case of atraumatic splenic rupture in a male with liver cirrhosis associated with splenomegaly ...
Hao Li
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Atraumatic splenic rupture in a peritoneal dialysis patient [PDF]
Splenic hemorrhage is a potentially life-threatening complication usually occurring after blunt trauma to the abdomen. Atraumatic splenic rupture (ASR) is an uncommon condition, and mostly results from pathology affecting the spleen, such as tumor infiltration or infection.
Chiharu Kinoshita, Masanori Honda
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Atraumatic Splenic Rupture After Coagulopathy Owing to a Snakebite [PDF]
Among the many complications that may follow envenomation by some species of venomous snakes, coagulopathy is common and well known. However, hemoperitoneum induced by coagulopathy after a snakebite is rare. Atraumatic spontaneous splenic rupture is also an uncommon and life-threatening condition.
Changwoo Kang, Chi Young Jeong
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Chronic HIV infection complicated by pancreatitis, pancreatic tail pseudocyst and atraumatic splenic rupture: a case report [PDF]
Background Acute pancreatitis is an uncommon but clinically important complication in people living with HIV (PLWH) and has been linked to HIV itself, older nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, protease inhibitors via hypertriglyceridemia, and ...
Cong Luo +5 more
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Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt, local thrombaspiration, and lysis for management of fulminant portomesenteric thrombosis and atraumatic splenic rupture due to vector-vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia: a case report [PDF]
Introduction Recombinant adenoviral vector vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 have been observed to be associated with vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia.
Sandra Emily Stoll +9 more
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Spontaneous Splenic Rupture following Colorectal Surgery and Hemodialysis
Atraumatic splenic rupture is rarely encountered in clinical practice compared to traumatic rupture. General risk factors include hematological, infectious, or malignant splenic diseases, uremic coagulopathy, use of heparin, hypertension, and immune ...
Ahmed Mohammed AlMuhsin +3 more
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Cocaine use and splenic rupture: a rare yet serious association
Cocaine abuse is frequent in patients visiting the emergency department. The knowledge of the cardiovascular complications of cocaine is excellent among physicians.
Nishrutha Karthik +1 more
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