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Delayed splenic rupture in a drug addict

✍ Scribed by Eugene Albu; Virendra Parikh; Ahmad M Abugaida; Paul H Gerst

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1993
Tongue: English
Weight: 131 KB
Volume: 22
Category: Article
ISSN: 1097-6760
DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0644(05)80808-x

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✦ Synopsis

We present the case of a drug addict who was admitted with abdominal pain but gave no history of trauma. He subsequently left the hospital against medical advice, only to be readmitted a few days later with persistent abdominal pain. He was found to have splenic rupture. This case emphasizes the importance of ruling out intra-abdorninal trauma in any drug addict presenting with acute abdomen.

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