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Spontaneous rupture of the spleen in Factor XIII deficiency: A report of two cases

Spontaneous rupture of spleen due to factor XIII defieciency is a rare cause of abdominal pain with disastrous consequences and can be easily confused with other abdominal pathologies until a strong possibility is entertained.The patients usually present in emergengy with acute abdomen and diagnosis...

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Autores principales: Bhan, Pankaj, Al-Hilli, Shatha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3389850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22802765
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description Spontaneous rupture of spleen due to factor XIII defieciency is a rare cause of abdominal pain with disastrous consequences and can be easily confused with other abdominal pathologies until a strong possibility is entertained.The patients usually present in emergengy with acute abdomen and diagnosis is difficult.The diagnosis is usually made on high degree of clinical suspicion and falling hematorit and failure of conservative management or by imaging. The radiologist need to be aware of this potentially fatal complication since early intervention is life saving. CT imaging can also help in conservative management in non critical patients
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spelling pubmed-33898502012-07-16 Spontaneous rupture of the spleen in Factor XIII deficiency: A report of two cases Bhan, Pankaj Al-Hilli, Shatha Pol J Radiol Case Report Spontaneous rupture of spleen due to factor XIII defieciency is a rare cause of abdominal pain with disastrous consequences and can be easily confused with other abdominal pathologies until a strong possibility is entertained.The patients usually present in emergengy with acute abdomen and diagnosis is difficult.The diagnosis is usually made on high degree of clinical suspicion and falling hematorit and failure of conservative management or by imaging. The radiologist need to be aware of this potentially fatal complication since early intervention is life saving. CT imaging can also help in conservative management in non critical patients International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3389850/ /pubmed/22802765 Text en © Pol J Radiol, 2010 This is an open access article. Unrestricted non-commercial use is permitted provided the original work is properly cited.
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Spontaneous rupture of the spleen in Factor XIII deficiency: A report of two cases
title Spontaneous rupture of the spleen in Factor XIII deficiency: A report of two cases
title_full Spontaneous rupture of the spleen in Factor XIII deficiency: A report of two cases
title_fullStr Spontaneous rupture of the spleen in Factor XIII deficiency: A report of two cases
title_full_unstemmed Spontaneous rupture of the spleen in Factor XIII deficiency: A report of two cases
title_short Spontaneous rupture of the spleen in Factor XIII deficiency: A report of two cases
title_sort spontaneous rupture of the spleen in factor xiii deficiency: a report of two cases
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3389850/
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