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.
Delayed splenic rupture
โ Scribed by Roland W Petri; Paul D O'Brien; David J Vukich
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 427 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6760
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