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Spontaneous rupture of the spleen in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus
A Tolaymat1, F Al-Mousily, A B Haafiz
1Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville 32209, USA.
The Journal of Rheumatology
|December 1, 1995
Abstract:
We describe a 15-year-old girl who presented with acute abdominal pain. Urgent laparotomy confirmed scintigraphic findings of a ruptured spleen and hemoperitoneum. Laboratory evaluation established underlying systemic lupus erythematosus.
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