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Rev. Col. Bras. Cir
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22(2): 107-9, mar.-abr. 1995. ilus
Artículo
en Portugués
| LILACS
| ID: lil-156600
RESUMEN
A case of an unusual evolution for splenic trauma is reported. Following a blunt abdominal trauma a 48 year-old female patient developped a voluminous tumor on the upper left abdominal quadrant. The diagnosis of subcapsular splenic ruptures and the formation of a traumatic splenic pseudocyst was made clinically and by abdominal computadorized tomography and splenic cintilography with Tc99. Due to the great volume of the pseudocyst, with very few viable splenic tissue, a splenectomy was performed