Chronic spontaneous idiopathic spleen hematoma presenting as a large cystic tumor: a case report with review of the literature

Spontaneous idiopathic splenic hematomas occur very rare. Hematomas of the spleen are usually associated with trauma, or infectious, neoplastic, or hematologic diseases. They present a diagnostic challenge as they can be easily confused with other more common entities. We report a case of atraumatic...

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Autores principales: Barrak, Dany, Ramly, Elie P., Chouillard, Elie, Khoury, Mansour
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4051122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24917570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju060
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author Barrak, Dany
Ramly, Elie P.
Chouillard, Elie
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description Spontaneous idiopathic splenic hematomas occur very rare. Hematomas of the spleen are usually associated with trauma, or infectious, neoplastic, or hematologic diseases. They present a diagnostic challenge as they can be easily confused with other more common entities. We report a case of atraumatic idiopathic splenic hematoma in a patient with no underlying systemic or local disease and discuss the approach to diagnosis and treatment.
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spelling pubmed-40511222014-06-10 Chronic spontaneous idiopathic spleen hematoma presenting as a large cystic tumor: a case report with review of the literature Barrak, Dany Ramly, Elie P. Chouillard, Elie Khoury, Mansour J Surg Case Rep Case Reports Spontaneous idiopathic splenic hematomas occur very rare. Hematomas of the spleen are usually associated with trauma, or infectious, neoplastic, or hematologic diseases. They present a diagnostic challenge as they can be easily confused with other more common entities. We report a case of atraumatic idiopathic splenic hematoma in a patient with no underlying systemic or local disease and discuss the approach to diagnosis and treatment. Oxford University Press 2014-06-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4051122/ /pubmed/24917570 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju060 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2014. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Chronic spontaneous idiopathic spleen hematoma presenting as a large cystic tumor: a case report with review of the literature
title Chronic spontaneous idiopathic spleen hematoma presenting as a large cystic tumor: a case report with review of the literature
title_full Chronic spontaneous idiopathic spleen hematoma presenting as a large cystic tumor: a case report with review of the literature
title_fullStr Chronic spontaneous idiopathic spleen hematoma presenting as a large cystic tumor: a case report with review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Chronic spontaneous idiopathic spleen hematoma presenting as a large cystic tumor: a case report with review of the literature
title_short Chronic spontaneous idiopathic spleen hematoma presenting as a large cystic tumor: a case report with review of the literature
title_sort chronic spontaneous idiopathic spleen hematoma presenting as a large cystic tumor: a case report with review of the literature
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4051122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24917570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju060
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