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Splenic Rupture

Medical Definition:
Guide Notes: traumatic or spontaneous; if spontaneous coord IM with RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS (NIM); differentiate from traumatic spleen perforation ( = SPLEEN /inj)
Splenic Rupture Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Splenosis - The spontaneous transplantation of splenic tissue to unusual sites after open splenic trauma, e.g., after automobile accidents, gunshot or stab wounds. The splenic pulp implants appear as red-blue nodules on the peritoneum, omentum, and mesentery, morphologically similar to multifocal pelvic endometriosis. (Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)

Splenic Rupture Medical Definitions and Terms

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