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This is the case of a young patient with infectious mononucleosis and SARS-CoV-2 infection who had suddenly collapsed. Upon evaluation, it was identified to have a ruptured spleen in the absence of any obvious trauma. An urgent splenectomy was performed, and the patient made a good recovery. This case discusses a non-traumatic rupture of a normal-sized spleen with one well-known and one evolving underlying aetiology.
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Ehsan, M., Lowsby, R. (2023). Case Report: An Unusual Cause of Syncope. In: Pérez-Torres, D., Martínez-Martínez, M., Schaller, S.J. (eds) Best 2022 Clinical Cases in Intensive Care Medicine. Lessons from the ICU. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36398-6_51
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