Arshad, Muhammad Fahad and Javed, Nasir and Karim, Syed Monawer and Ahmad, Ehtasham and Abid, Noor Ul Ain (2018) Atraumatic Splenic Rupture after Myocardial Infarction. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 5 (4). ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
Atraumatic splenic rupture is a rare but potentially life-threatening event. It mostly happens when the spleen is already diseased; however, sometimes it can be drug induced in a previously normal spleen. Although anticoagulation has been attributed to spontaneous splenic rupture quite frequently, the role of dual antiplatelet therapy is underestimated. We report a case of an 80-year-old woman who developed spontaneous splenic rupture 4 weeks after starting dual antiplatelet therapy.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Atraumatic splenic rupture, clopidogrel, antiplatelet therapy, myocardial infarction |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Chiara D'Arpa |
| Date Deposited: | 24 May 2018 09:08 |
| Last Modified: | 24 May 2018 09:08 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/17800 |
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