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Spontaneous rupture of the spleen complicating portal hypertension
Intensive Care Medicine
|January 1, 1983
Abstract:
A 54-year-old male with alcoholic liver cirrhosis and hepatic coma grade IV is described, who succumbed as a result of spontaneous rupture of the spleen. A relationship to portal hypertension is suggested, although haemorrhagic diathesis and sepsis may have been contributing factors.