Soccer-related severe blunt splenic injury in a young goalkeeper

Soccer-related severe blunt splenic injury in a young goalkeeper

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Abdominal injuries are rare in sports, ac30s1 but even minor traumas may result in potentially life-threatening injuries.The most frequent abdominal injury is abdominal wall contusion, following by blunt injuries of the kidneys and spleen.The cases of blunt abdominal injuries in soccer are rarely reported in the literature.

We present a case of a grade IV splenic laceration in a 10-year-old soccer goalkeeper caused by the blunt abdominal trauma sustained during the gameplay.The trauma was successfully treated with a redken 07m nonoperative management approach.