{"title":"A Traumatic Splenic Rupture: Dreaded Complication of Splenomegaly","authors":"J. Shiber, E. Fontane, David Prisk","doi":"10.4172/2329-9088.1000162","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We discuss the causes of splenomegaly and the underlying abnormalities leading to the most feared complication of a traumatic splenic rupture. A case discussion is included.","PeriodicalId":90756,"journal":{"name":"Tropical medicine & surgery","volume":"2 1","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Tropical medicine & surgery","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2329-9088.1000162","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We discuss the causes of splenomegaly and the underlying abnormalities leading to the most feared complication of a traumatic splenic rupture. A case discussion is included.