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  • Title: [Spontaneous splenic rupture as a leading symptom of primary amyloidosis].
    Author: Pöthig D.
    Journal: Z Gesamte Inn Med; 1980 Dec 01; 35(23):847-51. PubMed ID: 7467615.
    Abstract:
    On occasion of a laparotomy on account of an unclear acute abdomen in a 30-year-old patient the surprising diagnosis of a spontaneous rupture of the spleen in amyloidosis was made. The patient died already 3 months after the appearance of the first uncharacteristic symptoms acutely from heart failure due to amyloidosis of the myocardium of pericollagenic type of high degree.
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