Splenic rupture following splenic vein thrombosis in a man with protein S deficiency.
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.
Williams
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Department of Surgery, Leicester Royal Infirmary, UK.
Gerrand
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London
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Chapman
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Bell
P R
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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*