Spontaneous rupture of the spleen.
A 10 year old boy presented to the surgical service of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital with spontaneous rupture of the spleen and was later discovered to have chronic myeloid leukaemia. He has been in haematological remission for five years followed splenectomy and alpha-interferon therapy.
Lashley
P M
PM
Department of Child Health, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados.
Ramesh
J
J
Ferdinand
S
S
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D015466:Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic-Phase / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000209:etiology