Spontaneous rupture of the spleen in type IV Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-54

  Privitera, Antonio ^a   Milkhu, Chaz ^a   Datta, Vivek ^a   Sayegh, Mazim ^b   Cohen, Richard ^a   Windsor, Alastair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b WORTHING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ehlers Danlos syndrome type IV; Splenic rupture

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE FISTULA; JOINT DISLOCATION; LAPAROTOMY; SPLEEN RUPTURE;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SPLENIC RUPTURE;

EID: 58149472221     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-007-3782-3     Document Type: Article

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