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[Fatal infection after splenectomy despite reimplantation of splenic tissue].

Abstract
A fatal case of a postsplenectomy sepsis is presented which occurred in a 5-year-old boy 11 month following splenectomy due to trauma and reimplantation of splenic tissue. The patient died 4 h after admission to the hospital. The post mortem revealed an encephalitis and a sepsis although splenic regenerates were found in the omentum pouch. Our report increases the number of cases described to date in the literature to a total of 18. Autologous reimplantation of splenic tissue does not offer complete protection against over-whelming infection.
AuthorsS Michalski, P Blankenhorn, G Lepsien, F E Lüdtke
JournalKlinische Wochenschrift (Klin Wochenschr) Vol. 69 Issue 8 Pg. 375-8 (May 24 1991) ISSN: 0023-2173 [Print] Germany
Vernacular TitleLetale Sepsis nach Splenektomie trotz Reimplantation von Milzgewebe.
PMID1886400 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Brain (pathology)
  • Child, Preschool
  • Encephalitis (pathology)
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications (pathology)
  • Pulmonary Alveoli (pathology)
  • Regeneration (physiology)
  • Shock, Septic (pathology)
  • Spleen (transplantation)
  • Splenectomy
  • Splenic Rupture (pathology, surgery)
  • Transplantation, Heterotopic (pathology)

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