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Delayed splenic rupture in a cirrhotic

✍ Scribed by William Durston; Herbert Bivins

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1983
Tongue: English
Weight: 352 KB
Volume: 12
Category: Article
ISSN: 1097-6760
DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0644(83)80380-1

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✦ Synopsis

We present the case of a young alcoholic with a history of mesocavaI shunt for variceal bleeding who presented in hypovolemic shock three weeks following an auto accident. He was initially assumed to have recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding, but instead proved to have delayed rupture of the spleen.

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