Spontaneous Rupture of the Spleen Masquerading as a Pulmonary Infection

Atraumatic rupture of a normal spleen represents a rare clinical phenomenon. We report on an atypical presentation of a spontaneous splenic rupture in a 44-year-old previously healthy Greek male admitted to the emergency department due to left-sided pleuritic thoracic pain in the course of a pneumon...

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Main Authors: Dimitrios Anyfantakis, Miltiades Kastanakis, Paraskevi Karona, Giorgios Fragiadakis, Ioannis Kokkinos, Emmanouil Bobolakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Surgery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/196525