Title of article :
Spontaneous splenic rupture following the administration of intravenous heparin: Case report and retrospective case review
Author/Authors :
Ghobrial، Michel W. نويسنده , , Karim، Mohammad نويسنده , , Mannam، Sunitha نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2002
Pages :
-313
From page :
314
To page :
0
Abstract :
We report the case of a 40-year-old African-American female who presented to the Emergency Department with unstable angina. The patient, who had multiple risk factors for coronary artery disease, was admitted to the coronary care unit for cardiac work-up and management. Shortly after the intravenous administration of unfractionated heparin, she suffered the acute onset of upper abdominal pain and shock. A CT scan of the abdomen revealed splenic rupture with hemoperitoneum. The patient, who was managed surgically, had complete recovery before discharge. A review of systems and medical records revealed no obvious risk factors or other potential etiology for this rupture. We herein provide the characteristics of this rarely documented causal relationship between heparin and spontaneous splenic rupture and retrospectively review similar cases in the literature. Am. J. Hematol. 71:314-317, 2002.
Keywords :
thalassemia , South Vietnam , molecular basis , frameshift mutation , haplotype analysis
Journal title :
American Journal of Hematology
Serial Year :
2002
Journal title :
American Journal of Hematology
Record number :
25880
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