title: Facial trauma evaluation leading to a diagnosis of delayed splenic rupture.
abstract: A patient presented 48 hours after falling and sustaining facial fractures and was evaluated in an outpatient setting. The patient had been seen at 2 other hospitals, including a level I trauma center, and discharged home. While undergoing evaluation for his facial trauma, the patient became severely hypotensive. The patient was diagnosed with a delayed splenic rupture and underwent splenectomy.
authors.affiliation: Chief, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Service; Chief, Dental Service, Syracuse Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Syracuse, NY. Electronic address: dr.bourgeois@twcny.rr.com.
authors.forename: Sidney L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
authors.affiliation: Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Syracuse Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Syracuse, NY.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fey
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery