SPONTANEOUS RUPTURE OF SPLENIC VEIN ANEURYSM
Abstract
Spontaneous rupture of splenic vein aneurysm (SVA) is an extremely rare condition that presents to the emergency department and requires urgent intervention. Preoperative diagnosis is not expected and usually the patient is hemodynamically unstable and there is no time for sophisticated investigations. The important thing is the clinical diagnosis of internal hemorrhage followed by good resuscitation and a thorough laparotomy to know what is going on.
Reported cases are very few and most of them were related to pregnancy. Here we report the first case in a single woman which is not related to pregnancy or portal hypertension.
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3. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia, Volume 18, Issue 1, Pages 48–51, January 2009.
4. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Volume 7; Number 5, Pages 683–686, September 20
Published
2009-12-01
How to Cite
ELSHEKH, Ahmed Elamin.
SPONTANEOUS RUPTURE OF SPLENIC VEIN ANEURYSM.
Gezira Journal of Health Sciences, [S.l.], v. 5, n. 2, dec. 2009.
ISSN 1810-5386. Available at: <http://37.60.236.48/index.php/gjhs/article/view/437>. Date accessed: 03 june 2026.
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