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Splenic Hematoma Mimicking Rupture Uterus: A Diagnostic Dilemma

Spontaneous splenic hematoma occurring during pregnancy is a rare entity. It often occurs in preexisting pathology of the spleen such as thalassemia or infectious etiologies such as malaria, typhoid, dengue, or infectious mononucleosis but most commonly after a trauma. The occurrence of splenic hema...

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Autores principales: Bhartiya, Vishnu, Sharma, Richa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5932924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29744330
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_458_16
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description Spontaneous splenic hematoma occurring during pregnancy is a rare entity. It often occurs in preexisting pathology of the spleen such as thalassemia or infectious etiologies such as malaria, typhoid, dengue, or infectious mononucleosis but most commonly after a trauma. The occurrence of splenic hematoma during pregnancy without any underlying cause is rare. Here, we present such a case and the diagnostic dilemma associated with it.
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spelling pubmed-59329242018-05-09 Splenic Hematoma Mimicking Rupture Uterus: A Diagnostic Dilemma Bhartiya, Vishnu Sharma, Richa Int J Appl Basic Med Res Case Report Spontaneous splenic hematoma occurring during pregnancy is a rare entity. It often occurs in preexisting pathology of the spleen such as thalassemia or infectious etiologies such as malaria, typhoid, dengue, or infectious mononucleosis but most commonly after a trauma. The occurrence of splenic hematoma during pregnancy without any underlying cause is rare. Here, we present such a case and the diagnostic dilemma associated with it. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5932924/ /pubmed/29744330 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_458_16 Text en Copyright: © 2018 International Journal of Applied and Basic Medical Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_full Splenic Hematoma Mimicking Rupture Uterus: A Diagnostic Dilemma
title_fullStr Splenic Hematoma Mimicking Rupture Uterus: A Diagnostic Dilemma
title_full_unstemmed Splenic Hematoma Mimicking Rupture Uterus: A Diagnostic Dilemma
title_short Splenic Hematoma Mimicking Rupture Uterus: A Diagnostic Dilemma
title_sort splenic hematoma mimicking rupture uterus: a diagnostic dilemma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5932924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29744330
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_458_16
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