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