Delayed Splenic Rupture with a 1-month Latent Period after Minor Trauma: A Case Report.
10.4266/kjccm.2010.25.2.104
- Author:
Jong Seok LEE
1
;
Oh Young KWON
;
Han Sung CHOI
;
Hoon Pyo HONG
;
Young Gwan KO
Author Information
1. Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea. seok918@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
abdominal injury;
splenic rupture;
trauma
- MeSH:
Abdominal Injuries;
Emergencies;
Rupture;
Spleen;
Splenectomy;
Splenic Rupture
- From:The Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine
2010;25(2):104-106
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Delayed splenic rupture is a rare complication of blunt abdominal trauma in which the time interval from injury to splenic rupture is > 48 hours. The diagnosis can be challenging if the history of trauma is remote, or initially missed, because symptoms may present subtly and without classic historical associations. We report a case of delayed rupture of the spleen from remote, minor trauma that required an emergency splenectomy.
