Spontaneous Rupture of a Splenic Artery Aneurysm in Pregnancy : Report of Two Cases

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn , Issue 5, 2000, Pages 231-233

  Shahabi, S ^a,c   Jani, J ^a   Masters, L ^a   Cobin, L ^b   Greindl, J ^a  

^a Braine L'Alleud Hospital   (Belgium)

^b Hôpital de la Madeleine   (Belgium)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Diagnosis; Pregnancy; Rupture; Splenic artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RUPTURE; SPLEEN ARTERY;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SPLENIC ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0034267337     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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