1. Vom Paintball gezeichnet.
- Author
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Sandner D, Bundi B, Müller D, Müller MK, and Kistler AD
- Subjects
- Abdominal Injuries diagnosis, Abdominal Injuries therapy, Abdominal Pain etiology, Adult, Diagnosis, Differential, Hematoma diagnosis, Hematoma etiology, Hematoma therapy, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Splenic Rupture diagnosis, Splenic Rupture therapy, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Wounds, Nonpenetrating diagnosis, Wounds, Nonpenetrating therapy, Abdominal Injuries complications, Splenic Rupture etiology, Wounds, Nonpenetrating complications
- Abstract
We report the case of a 29-year-old patient who presented in the emergency room with severe abdominal pain. After initially inconspicuous medical history and laboratory evaluation, repeated focused history taking led to the correct diagnosis: a paintball projectile had left its mark. The patient had suffered a third-degree rupture of the spleen with delayed manifestation two weeks after the trauma. He could be successfully managed with an organ-preserving non-operative approach.
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- 2018
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