A rare case of massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding from a ruptured splenic artery aneurysm

Splenic artery aneurysms (SAAs) are an extremely rare cause of asymptomatic massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding with less than a handful of patients surviving such a presentation. A 24-year-old female presented in shock after multiple episodes of massive rectal bleeding. Imaging revealed a heter...

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Autores principales: Maharaj, Ravi, Raghunanan, Barry, Mohammed, Wayne, Rambally, Rakesh, Sookdeo, Vandana Devika, Harnanan, Dave, Warner, Wayne A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5798071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29423167
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy003

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