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Splenic rupture following splenic vein thrombosis in a man with protein S deficiency
N Williams1, C Gerrand, N J London
1Department of Surgery, Leicester Royal Infirmary, UK.
Postgraduate Medical Journal
|November 1, 1992
Abstract:
We present a case of spontaneous splenic rupture in a man with splenic vein thrombosis. The splenic vein thrombosis appears to have been caused by protein S deficiency. We are not aware of this having been described before.