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Case Reports
. 1985 Mar;61(713):259-60.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.61.713.259.

Fatal splenic rupture in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

S C Harris, D N Slater, C A Austin
Case Reports

Fatal splenic rupture in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

S C Harris et al. Postgrad Med J. 1985 Mar.

Abstract

A fatal case of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (Type IV) is described. Autopsy revealed splenic rupture that had resulted from spontaneous haemorrhage into the splenic parenchyma. This is a previously unrecorded complication of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of chest and abdominal pain in patients with this condition.

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