Acute myeloid leukemia presenting as splenic rupture.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
We describe a rare case of acute myeloid leukemia presenting primarily as an acute abdomen due to spontaneous splenic rupture in a 19 years male patient. He was treated with splenectomy after failure of conservative management for splenic preservation but later succumbed to an intracerebral haemorrhage.
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Main subject:
Spleen
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Splenectomy
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Splenic Rupture
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Humans
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Male
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Leukemia, Myeloid
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Fatal Outcome
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Adult
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Abdomen, Acute
Language:
English
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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