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Spontaneous rupture of the spleen
P M Lashley1, J Ramesh, S Ferdinand
1Department of Child Health, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados.
The West Indian Medical Journal
|March 31, 1999
Abstract:
A 10 year old boy presented to the surgical service of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital with spontaneous rupture of the spleen and was later discovered to have chronic myeloid leukaemia. He has been in haematological remission for five years followed splenectomy and alpha-interferon therapy.