Congenital cleft spleen with CT scan appearance of high-grade splenic laceration after blunt abdominal trauma

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-142

  Brennan, Todd V ^a   Lipshutz, Gerald S ^a   Posselt, Andrew M ^a   Horn, Jan K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bi lobed spleen; Blunt abdominal trauma; Cleft spleen; CT scan; Laceration; Non operative management; Operative management; Splenic injury; Splenic trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0043169453     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(03)00161-6     Document Type: Article

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