Delayed presentation of traumatic splenic arterio-venous fistula

Campbell, D.; Geraghty, J.G.; McNicholas, M.M.; Murphy, J.J.; Campbell, D; Geraghty, J.G; McNicholas, M.M; Murphy, J.J

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Delayed presentation of traumatic splenic arterio-venous fistula

Campbell, D.; Geraghty, J.G.; McNicholas, M.M.; Murphy, J.J.

Irish Medical Journal 84(4): 129-130

1991

ISSN/ISBN: 0332-3102

PMID: 1817121

Document Number: 382051

We report a patient who presented with dyspnoea and was found on examination to have a machinery murmur in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen. The patient had sustained blunt abdominal trauma one year prior to presentation. A diagnosis of splenic arteriovenous fistula was made. The diagnosis and management of delayed presentation of traumatic splenic arteriovenous fistula are discussed.