Ruptured Aneurysm of the Splenic Artery: A Rare Cause of Abdominal Pain after Blunt Trauma

INTRODUCTION: Splenic artery aneurysms (SAAs) are rare (0.2-10.4%); however, they are the most common form of visceral artery aneurysms. Splenic artery aneurysms are important to identify, because up to 25% of the cases are complicated by rupture. Post- rupture mortality rate is 25% -70% based on th...

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Main Authors: Khoshnevis, Jalalludin, Lotfollahzadeh, Saran, Sobhiyeh, Mohammad Reza, Najd Sepas, Hossein, Abbas Nejad, Masomah, Rahbari, Ali, Behnaz, Nazanin, Mahdi, Zeinab
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Kowsar 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3860647/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24350150
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5812/traumamon.8271
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