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Spontaneous Splenic Rupture Following Intravenous Thrombolysis with Alteplase Applied as Stroke Therapy Case Report and Review of Literature
Anka Aleksic-Shihabi, Eni Jadrijevic, Nina Milekic, Ana Repic Bulicic, Marina Titlic, Enra Suljic. Abstract | | | | Introduction: Stroke is a medical emergency in neurology, and is one of the leading causes of death nowadays. At a recent time, a therapeutic method used in adequate conditions is thrombolysis, a treatment of an emerging clot in the brain vascular system by alteplase. The application of alteplase also has a high risk of life threatening conditions. Case report: This is a brief report of a case with thrombolysis complication which manifested as a spleen rupture.
Key words: Stroke; Thrombolysis; Spleen rupture
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