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Spontaneous splenic rupture and infectious mononucleosis in a forensic setting
M B Lippstone1, A Sekula-Perlman, J Tobin
1Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Forensic Laboratory, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
Delaware Medical Journal
|November 24, 1998
Abstract:
In this report we present two fatal cases of spontaneous splenic rupture. The prodromal symptoms, clinical presentations, autopsy findings and histologic findings are discussed, pertinent literature reviewed and the implication for the forensic pathologist stressed.