Acquired A amyloidosis from injection drug use presenting with atraumatic splenic rupture in a hospitalized patient: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Little is known about splenic rupture in patients who develop systemic acquired A amyloidosis. This is the first report of a case of atraumatic splenic rupture in a patient with acquired A amyloidosis from chronic injection drug use. CASE PRESENTATION: A 58-year-old Caucasian man with...

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Autores principales: Roll, Garrett R, Lee, Andrew Y, Royaie, Kayvan, Visser, Brendan, Hanks, Douglas K, Knudson, Margaret M, Roll, Frederick J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3033349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21261948
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-5-29

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3033349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21261948
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-5-29

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