We present a review of the incidence, differential diagnoses, mechanism of rupture, laboratory findings, and signs and symptoms of splenic rupture in leukemia. The types of leukemia most often associated with ruptured spleen are described. The treatment of splenic rupture in leukemia is splenectomy
Splenic rupture in a newborn
β Scribed by C.M. Hui; K.Y. Tsui
- Book ID
- 117827466
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 35 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3468
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