title: Splenic rupture caused by a cricket ball. A case report.
abstract: A 14-year-old boy presented with a ruptured spleen after being injured by a cricket ball during a match. A typical picture of splenic rupture with intra-abdominal haemorrhage was evident on admission to hospital. At emergency laparotomy splenorrhaphy was not feasible because of a deep hilar laceration and splenectomy was performed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000209:etiology*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications