Spontaneous splenic rupture due to occult signet‐ring cell gastric cancer accompanied by a bulky splenic vein thrombosis and postoperative brain infarction: A case report

Abstract Background Splenic rupture because of metastasis from a distant organ is extremely rare. Case Presentation An 80‐year‐old man presented with left flank pain. A computed tomography (CT) demonstrated a poorly enhanced enlarged spleen with bulky thrombus in the splenic vein without extravasati...

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Published in:	Acute Medicine & Surgery
Main Authors:	Shimpei Asada, Shusuke Mori, Akira Takemoto, Kazuhiro Tamura, Go Ito, Yasuhiro Otomo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2023-01-01
Subjects:	brain infarction occult cancer signet‐ring cell carcinoma splenic rupture splenic vein thrombosis
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1002/ams2.879