TRAUMATIC RUPTURE OF A WANDERING SPLEEN IN A CHILD - CASE-REPORT AND LITERATURE-REVIEW

Authors
HORWITZ JR BLACK CTB
Citation
Jr. Horwitz et Ctb. Black, TRAUMATIC RUPTURE OF A WANDERING SPLEEN IN A CHILD - CASE-REPORT AND LITERATURE-REVIEW, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 41(2), 1996, pp. 348-350
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care → ACNP
Volume
41
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
348 - 350
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
A case of traumatic rupture of a wandering spleen in a 5-year-old girl is presented, To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of su ch an injury in a child, The splenic injury was managed nonoperatively , The etiology and management of wandering spleen is discussed.