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May 6, 2015 By Christopher Partyka Leave a Comment

the case.

34 year old female presents to ED with a 2 day history of worsening left-sided pleuritic chest pain associated with shortness of breath. There has been no associated cough, fever or sputum production.

She is one week post-Caesarian section; an uncomplicated, elective procedure from which she has recovered well.

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Filed Under: #FOAM, Interesting, Surgery Tagged With: pleuritic chest pain, Post-Partum, splenic infarction, splenic torsion, wandering spleen

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