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Spontaneous splenic rupture in infectious mononucleosis
1Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Emergency Medicine (Fremantle, W.A.)
|September 14, 2001
Abstract:
Spontaneous splenic rupture is a rare but life-threatening complication of infectious mononucleosis. Abdominal pain and tachycardia are unusual in uncomplicated infectious mononucleosis and should alert a doctor to the possibility of spontaneous splenic rupture.