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Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine 1/2009

01-02-2009 | CE - Letter to the Editor

Abdominal apoplexy secondary to spontaneous rupture of the right gastric artery in a coagulopathic patient

Authors: Nikolaos S. Salemis, Efstathios Tsohataridis

Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine | Issue 1/2009

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Abdominal apoplexy (spontaneous intraperitoneal hemorrhage) is the spontaneous rupture of an intra-abdominal artery in the absence of aneurysmal dilatation or direct trauma [1]. It is a very rare but life-threatening condition, and it usually poses a considerable intraoperative dilemma [2]. …
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Metadata
Title
Abdominal apoplexy secondary to spontaneous rupture of the right gastric artery in a coagulopathic patient
Authors
Nikolaos S. Salemis
Efstathios Tsohataridis
Publication date
01-02-2009
Publisher
Springer Milan
Published in
Internal and Emergency Medicine / Issue 1/2009
Print ISSN: 1828-0447
Electronic ISSN: 1970-9366
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-008-0186-3

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