Rupture of the spleen in erythroblastosis fetalis.
A male infant of 36 weeks' gestation, weighing 3080 g, with erythroblastosis, ruptured spleen, and bilateral suprarenal haemorrhages is described. The infant survived after exchange transfusions and splenectomy.
D001803:Blood Transfusion; D004899:Erythroblastosis, Fetal / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013156:Splenectomy; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*