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Splenic Rupture

Signs & Symptoms

 Fever
Ref: Uptodate [ Management of splenic injury in the adult trauma patient]
Left shoulder pain
Ref: Uptodate [ Management of splenic injury in the adult trauma patient]
Left upper quadrant abdominal pain
Ref: Uptodate [ Management of splenic injury in the adult trauma patient]

Physical Examination

Lab / Serology

 Falling hemoglobin
Ref: Uptodate [ Management of splenic injury in the adult trauma patient]

Imagin Study

Complication

Risk Factors

 Age greater than 40
Ref: Uptodate [ Approach to the adult with splenomegaly and other splenic disorders]

Cause

 Abdominal trauma #Traumatic_splenic_rupture
Ref: Uptodate [ Approach to the adult with splenomegaly and other splenic disorders]
Blunt abdominal trauma #Traumatic_splenic_rupture
Ref: Uptodate [ Approach to the adult with splenomegaly and other splenic disorders]
Neoplasm #Atraumatic_splenic_rupture
Note: leukemia, lymphoma
Ref: Uptodate [ Approach to the adult with splenomegaly and other splenic disorders]

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