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Spontaneous splenic rupture secondary to metastatic gastric carcinoma
1Department of Surgery, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmuth, UK.
Tropical Gastroenterology : Official Journal of the Digestive Diseases Foundation
|June 3, 2000
Abstract:
Spontaneous rupture of the spleen secondary to metastatic carcinoma is rare. We report the second such case. Rupture is usually diagnosed at laparotomy. However ultrasound and computerized tomography can play a role in diagnosis.