Spontaneous Massive Splenic Infarction in the Setting of Renal Transplant and Septic Shock: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Massive splenic infarction (MSI) is a rare phenomenon that results from compromised blood flow to more than half of the spleen. Causes of MSI include hematological disorders, coagulopathies, infection, and embolization, and, rarely, MSI is spontaneous. The mainstay of treatment is splenectomy. We re...

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Autores principales: Bokman, Christine L., Sfeir, Maroun, Chahwala, Veer, Ginzburg, Enrique
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4181790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25317176
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/510259

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4181790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25317176
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/510259

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