Author/Editor		Mašera, Andrej; Balažic, Jože; Luzar, Boštjan
Title		Traumatic splenic rupture in a patient with cystic fibrosis
Type		članek
Source		Forensic Sci Int
Vol. and No.		Letnik 103, št. Suppl 1
Publication year		1999
Volume		str. S45-7
Language		eng
Abstract		A case of traumatic splenic rupture with fatal haemorrhage into the abdominal cavity of a 17-year-old patient with cystic fibrosis (CF) is reported. He had liver cirrhosis, portal hypertension and splenomegaly as a complication of his basic disease. Although his precarious health condition had been well known in the neighbourhood, he was beaten and kicked by one of his schoolmates, with rupture of the spleen and resulted in abdominal bleeding as a consequence. To the very best of our knowledge traumatic splenic rupture in a patient with CF has not been described in the literature so far.
Descriptors		SPLENIC RUPTURE CYSTIC FIBROSIS HEMORRHAGE FATAL OUTCOME SLOVENIA LIVER CIRRHOSIS VIOLENCE