A Rare Case of Diffuse Hemangiomatosis of the Spleen with Splenic Rupture following Aortic Valve Replacement.
In this paper we present a rare case of splenic rupture that occurred after an open aortic valve replacement in a male patient with hemangiomatosis of the spleen and the liver. The patient was treated with an emergency splenectomy. He showed no other sings of associated systemic disorder, such as Klippel-trénaunay syndrome or Proteus syndrome.
Department of Radiology, Section of Cardiovascular Radiology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
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Capilli
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center Freiburg, Bad Krozingen, Germany.
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Weinbeck
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center Freiburg, Bad Krozingen, Germany.
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Czerny
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center Freiburg, Bad Krozingen, Germany.
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Siepe
Department of Radiology, Section of Cardiovascular Radiology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
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Krauss