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Case Reports
. 2017 Jun 24;2017(6):rjx119.
doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjx119. eCollection 2017 Jun.

Familial spontaneous splenic rupture in a patient with idiopathic splenomegaly-report of a case

Ilsalien S Bakker  1 , Rutger J Hissink  1 , Hendrik M Schaap  1
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Case Reports

Familial spontaneous splenic rupture in a patient with idiopathic splenomegaly-report of a case

Ilsalien S Bakker et al. J Surg Case Rep. .

Abstract

Spontaneous splenic rupture in a healthy individual is a rare phenomenon. This article reports on a patient with an uneventful medical history, presenting with atraumatic splenic rupture. Three family members of the patients experienced the same in the past.

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Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Computed tomography of the abdomen showing hepatosplenomegaly with free fluid around te spleen.
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
Laparoscopy: spleen covered with omentum.
Figure 3:
Figure 3:
Laparoscopy: spleen after dissection and clipping of the splenic artery.
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