Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 306-308 , July 2010

Two rare cases of spontaneous splenic rupture

  • Anja Randriamarolahy

      Affiliations

    • Service d'Imagerie Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, 1, avenue Pasteur, 98012 Monaco Cedex, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 377 97 98 96 44; fax: +33 377 97 96 96 97.
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  • Jean Michel Cucchi

      Affiliations

    • Service d'Imagerie Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, 1, avenue Pasteur, 98012 Monaco Cedex, France
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  • Philippe Brunner

      Affiliations

    • Service d'Imagerie Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, 1, avenue Pasteur, 98012 Monaco Cedex, France
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  • Georges Garnier

      Affiliations

    • Service de Médecine, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, 1, avenue Pasteur, 98012 Monaco Cedex, France
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  • Jean-François Demarquay

      Affiliations

    • Service de Gastro-entérologie, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, 1, avenue Pasteur, 98012 Monaco Cedex, France
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  • Jean Noël Bruneton

      Affiliations

    • Service d'Imagerie Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, 1, avenue Pasteur, 98012 Monaco Cedex, France

Received 19 August 2009 ,Accepted 18 September 2009.

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PII: S0899-7071(09)00262-9

doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.09.004

Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 306-308 , July 2010

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