Spontaneously ruptured splenic aneurysm in a young patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
The authors describe a young patient with a history of type IV vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) who underwent successful treatment for a spontaneous haemorrhage from a splenic artery aneurysm, and the authors would like to remind clinicians of the mortality and morbidity associated with vascular-type EDS.
Department of Surgery, Warwick Hospital, Warwick, UK. timrattay@doctors.org.uk
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D000328:Adult; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000209:etiology*; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013157:Splenic Artery