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.
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Authors | S Michalski, P Blankenhorn, G Lepsien, F E Lüdtke |
Journal | Klinische Wochenschrift
(Klin Wochenschr)
Vol. 69
Issue 8
Pg. 375-8
(May 24 1991)
ISSN: 0023-2173 [Print] Germany |
Vernacular Title | Letale Sepsis nach Splenektomie trotz Reimplantation von Milzgewebe. |
PMID | 1886400
(Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)
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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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