Hereditary fibrinogen abnormalities comprise two classes of plasma fibrinogen defects: Type
I, afibrinogenemia or hypofibrinogenemia, which has absent or low plasma fibrinogen …

Splenectomy, while often necessary in otherwise healthy patients after major trauma, finds
its primary indication for patients with underlying malignant or nonmalignant hematologic …

In the present study, we aim to share our clinical experience in patients with spontaneous
splenic rupture. Splenic rupture without trauma is known as spontaneous splenic rupture …

Trauma is a major cause of morbidity and mortality; in the developed world, road traffic
accidents are one of the leading causes. Up to 45% of patients with blunt abdominal trauma …

Atraumatic splenic rupture (ASR) is rare but life threatening. In this study, we retrospectively
described our experience on the diagnosis and treatment of 8 patients (male: 6; female: 2; …

Background Cases of non-traumatic splenic rupture are rare and entails a potentially grave
medical outcome. Hence, it is important to consider the differential diagnosis of a non …

Atraumatic splenic rupture (ASR) is a rare condition mostly associated with neoplastic,
infectious, and inflammatory diseases. ASR associated with drug treatment is even rarer. In …

Dear Sir, We recently read with interest the pictorial review of splenic emergencies by Unal
et al., just published in Insights into Imaging. After describing the common injuries from blunt …

How did the idea for the book come? Here is the answer. Acute abdomen is still one of the
most exciting conditions in (emergency) surgery and medicine in general. The clinician …

Splenic rupture in the absence of trauma or previously diagnosed disease is rare. Due to the
delay of diagnosis and treatment, this is a potentially life‐threatening condition. We report a …