Splenic spontaneous rupture (SSR) and hemoperitoneum associated with low molecular weight heparin: a case report.

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Service de Soins Intensifs (ASTI), Institut Jules Bordet, Centre des Tumeurs de l'Université Libre de Bruxelles, Rue Heger-Bordet 1, 1000 Brussels, Belgium.

Published: May 2003

We describe the first case of spontaneous splenic rupture associated with tinzaparin in a cancer patient. This low-molecular-weight heparin was administrated for deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. No underlying splenic pathology predisposing to this condition was found.

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