A Case of a Chronic Pancreatic Pseudocyst Causing Atraumatic Splenic Rupture without Evidence of Acute Pancreatitis
Atraumatic splenic rupture is a rare complication of a pancreatic pseudocyst (PP), described in the setting of chronic pancreatitis. There is common understanding, within the literature, that an inflammatory process at the tail of the pancreas may disrupt the spleen and result in such splenic compli...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2016-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Surgery |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2192943 |
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