Life-threatening splenic hemorrhage in t
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Stone, Deborah L.; Ginns, Edward I.; Krasnewich, Donna; Sidransky, Ellen
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Article
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2000
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Massive splenomegaly is a frequent finding in patients with Gaucher disease, the most common of the sphingolipidoses. Even so, the risk for splenic rupture and intracapsular hemorrhage has not been emphasized due to the rarity of this occurrence and the fibrotic, rubbery consistency of splenic tissu