Harris S C, Slater D N, Austin C A
Postgrad Med J. 1985 Mar;61(713):259-60. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.61.713.259.
A fatal case of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (Type IV) is described. Autopsy revealed splenic rupture that had resulted from spontaneous haemorrhage into the splenic parenchyma. This is a previously unrecorded complication of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of chest and abdominal pain in patients with this condition.