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Vanishing spleen syndrome post right partial nephrectomy in a sicklemic patient

Splenic infarction after contralateral laparoscopic renal surgery has not, to our knowledge, been reported. The spleen is the most affected organ in sickle cell disease and the mechanism of auto infarction is thought to result from the crystallization of abnormal hemoglobin during periods of hypoxia...

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Autores principales: Khan, Khuram, Leroux, Ofelia, Saeed, Saqib, Iqbal, Farhana, Ahmed, Leaque, Davis-Joseph, Brian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6294983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30574230
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.30.211.15454