Case report
Sub capsular splenectomy for delayed spontaneous splenic rupture in a case of sickle cell anemia
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Correspondence: Dhananjaya Sharma dhanshar@gmail.com
Department of Surgery, Government NSCB Medical College, Jabalpur (MP) 482 003, INDIA
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009, 4:17 doi:10.1186/1749-7922-4-17
Published: 6 May 2009Abstract
Splenic ruptures are mostly due to trauma and manifest at the moment of injury with symptoms of acute intraperitoneal hemorrhage and shock. Spontaneous/pathological and delayed rupture of the spleen is not unknown. A case of delayed spontaneous splenic rupture in a case of sickle cell anemia is being reported, which was treated with sub capsular splenectomy (from within the pseudo capsule formed due to inflammation).