Spontaneous occlusion of post-traumatic splenic pseudoaneurysm: Report of two cases in children

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 355-357

  Raghavan, Ashok ^a   Wong, Christopher Kah Fook ^a   Lam, Albert ^a   Stockton, Vivienne ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child; Pseudoaneurysm; Spleen; Thrombosis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLEEN FUNCTION; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOSIS;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPLENIC ARTERY; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 1842689717     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-003-1101-8     Document Type: Article

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