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Blunt splenic trauma
Spleen ruptured by trauma
SpecialtyHematologists
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Blunt splenic trauma occurs when a significant impact to the spleen from some outside source (i.e. automobile accident) damages or ruptures the spleen. Treatment varies depending on severity, but often consists of embolism or splenectomy.[1]

  1. ^ Beers, Mark; Porter, Robert; Jones, Thomas (2006). "11". The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (18th ed.). New Jersey: Merck Research Laboratories. ISBN 0-911910-18-2.

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