title: Abdominal pain and collapse in the emergency department.
abstract: Rupture of a splenic artery aneurysm is a rare but life-threatening presentation to the emergency department. This case demonstrates the importance of swift resuscitation and the benefit of bedside imaging in a highly unstable patient. The definitive management of this condition in patients who are refractory to resuscitative attempts is immediate surgery with the diagnosis often only confirmed at laparotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Poole Hospital, Poole, Dorset, UK. adam.green@gpost.co.uk
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Carley
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bowman-Burns
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cumberbatch
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D014463:Ultrasonography