A pancreatic tumour presenting as a ruptured spleen.
We report a case of spontaneous rupture of the spleen due to invasion from a pancreatic tumour. We are unaware of any similar case having been reported in the literature.
Chung
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Department of Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin.
Park
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Li
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D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery