Intrathoracic splenosis secondary to previous penetrating thoracoabdominal trauma diagnosed during delayed diaphragmatic hernia repair

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-70

  Aktekin, Ali ^a,b,c   Gürleyik, Günay ^a,b   Arman, Alper ^a,b   Pekcan, Hüseyin ^a,b   Saǧlam, Abdullah ^a,b  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b HAYDARPASA NUMUNE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Ersoy Apartmani   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdominal injuries; Spleen; Splenectomy; Splenic rupture surgery; Tomography, X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SPLEEN INJURY; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLENOSIS; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 31844448155     PISSN: 13006738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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