title: Splenic rupture following splenic vein thrombosis in a man with protein S deficiency.
abstract: We present a case of spontaneous splenic rupture in a man with splenic vein thrombosis. The splenic vein thrombosis appears to have been caused by protein S deficiency. We are not aware of this having been described before.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Leicester Royal Infirmary, UK.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gerrand
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: London
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018455:Protein S Deficiency; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000209:etiology*; D013162:Splenic Vein; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*