PURPOSE: This report describes life-threatening spontaneous splenic rupture in two brothers with congenital afibrinogenemia. PATIENTS: Two brothers, aged 11 and 14 years, had intra-abdominal bleeding due to splenic rupture confirmed by ECHO ultrasonography and computed tomography scans. RESULTS: Splenectomy was performed after administration of heat- and solvent-detergent treated fibrinogen concentrates. CONCLUSIONS: Hemostatic treatment for splenic rupture using heat- and solvent detergent-treated fibrinogen concentrates was effective. Careful attention must be paid to the risk of splenic rupture during the growth spurt in physically active children with this rare coagulation disorder.
PURPOSE: This report describes life-threatening spontaneous splenic rupture in two brothers with congenital afibrinogenemia. PATIENTS: Two brothers, aged 11 and 14 years, had intra-abdominal bleeding due to splenic rupture confirmed by ECHO ultrasonography and computed tomography scans. RESULTS: Splenectomy was performed after administration of heat- and solvent-detergent treated fibrinogen concentrates. CONCLUSIONS: Hemostatic treatment for splenic rupture using heat- and solvent detergent-treated fibrinogen concentrates was effective. Careful attention must be paid to the risk of splenic rupture during the growth spurt in physically active children with this rare coagulation disorder.
Authors: Baran Cengiz Arcagök; Nihal Özdemir; Ayşe Tekin; Rahşan Özcan; Mehmet Eliçevik; Osman Faruk Şenyüz; Halit Çam; Tiraje Celkan Journal: Turk Pediatri Ars Date: 2014-09-01
Authors: Donat R Spahn; Vladimir Cerny; Timothy J Coats; Jacques Duranteau; Enrique Fernández-Mondéjar; Giovanni Gordini; Philip F Stahel; Beverley J Hunt; Radko Komadina; Edmund Neugebauer; Yves Ozier; Louis Riddez; Arthur Schultz; Jean-Louis Vincent; Rolf Rossaint Journal: Crit Care Date: 2007 Impact factor: 9.097