Non-surgical management of spontaneous splenic rupture in infectious mononucleosis
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Spontaneous splenic rupture in infectious mononucleosis.
Spontaneous splenic rupture is a rare but life-threatening complication of infectious mononucleosis. Abdominal pain and tachycardia are unusual in uncomplicated infectious mononucleosis and should alert a doctor to the possibility of spontaneous splenic rupture.
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عنوان ژورنال: Italian Journal of Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1877-9352,1877-9344
DOI: 10.4081/itjm.2014.455