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Spleen Rupture in Congenital Afibrinogenemia
Dae Yeon Kim, Seong Chul Kim, In Koo Kim
J Korean Assoc Pediatr Surg 1999;5(2):137-140.   Published online December 31, 1999
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13029/jkaps.1999.5.2.137

Congenital afibrinogenemia is a rare disorder that refers to a congenital lack of production of fibrinogen, a key component of the hemostatic system. Bleeding manifestations of congenital afibrinogenemia vary in severity from mild to catastrophic. This is a case report of splenic rupture occurred in an eight-year-old boy with congenital afibrinogenemia. Nonoperative treatment with cryoprecipitate and virally inactivated, purified fibrinogen concentrates successfully avoided splenectomy.

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