Spontaneous splenic rupture in polyarteritis nodosa.
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Spontaneous splenic rupture in polyarteritis nodosa.
A 28 year old man presented with haematuria and renal failure. Renal arteriography revealed bleeding into the pelvis of a solitary right kidney from a hilar artery. Multiple aneurysms were noted in the splenic artery. The spleen subsequently ruptured spontaneously and was removed at laparotomy together with the right kidney. Histological examination of the spleen and kidney revealed an acute ne...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.62.732.965