Red-flag Syncope: Spontaneous Splenic Rupture

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Red-flag Syncope: Spontaneous Splenic Rupture Ami Schattner, MD, Adi Meital, MD, Eliezer Mavor, MD The American Journal of Medicine Volume 127, Issue 6, Pages 501-502 (June 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.02.024 Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure Coronal contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed a large perisplenic hematoma (black arrows) with active bleeding (dashed arrow). Free peritoneal fluid was present (white arrows), including fluid in a large diaphragmatic hernia (white arrowheads). The American Journal of Medicine 2014 127, 501-502DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.02.024) Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions