Spontaneous Splenic Rupture Following Intravenous Thrombolysis with Alteplase Applied as Stroke Therapy - Case Report and Review of Literature

Autor: Eni Jadrijević, Anka Aleksić-Shihabi, Enra Suljic, Ana Repić Buličić, Nina Milekic, Marina Titlić
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Medical Archives
ISSN: 0350-199X
DOI: 10.5455/medarh.2016.70.69-71
Popis: Introduction Stroke is a medical emergency in neurology, and is one of the leading causes of death nowadays. At a recent time, a therapeutic method used in adequate conditions is thrombolysis, a treatment of an emerging clot in the brain vascular system by alteplase. The application of alteplase also has a high risk of life threatening conditions. Case report This is a brief report of a case with thrombolysis complication which manifested as a spleen rupture.
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