SHORTLY after Abeatici and Campi, 1 in 1951, introduced direct percutaneous splenic puncture as a method of performing splenoportal venography in dogs this became the standard roentgenographic method ...

RUPTURE of the spleen in infectious mononucleosis is a rare complication of a rather common disease. King, 1 in 1941, presented the first authenticated case. Since then 13 additional cases have been ...

Extranodal lymphomas account for 24–48% of all non-Hodgkin lymphomas. 1, 2, 3 Involvement of extranodal sites and the spleen by lymphoma is not an uncommon occurrence. A proportion of these cases will ...

Pathologic findings attributed to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) are described in the spleen in studies that encompassed the years ...

The spleen provides a critical function to the body. It not only recycles iron, but it also stores, recycles, and produces red blood cells. The spleen’s white pulp processes antibodies and helps ...

A 77 years old woman with a recent history of constant right upper quadrant pain radiating to the right shoulder was referred to our hospital for symptomatic gallbladder microlithiasis. No relevant ...

Contrary to prior belief, the white blood cells enter the spleen primarily via vessels in the red pulp. The research results change thoroughly our perception of the spleen producing antibodies vital ...

Morbid obesity is often called the first global epidemic of the twenty-first century [1]. As in all epidemics, obesity raises wide concerns and represents a great challenge for current medical ...

The splenic flexure is a part of your colon, or your large intestine, where it bends near your spleen, an organ that mainly filters your blood. It's also the place where many blood vessels come ...

Splenic vein thrombosis is a blockage in the splenic vein due to a blood clot. The splenic vein carries blood away from the spleen and parts of the stomach and pancreas. The spleen is an organ that ...

Many organs of the body have multiple functions. In fact, it’shard to think of a single-purpose organ. So it is with the spleen. Located above and to the left of thestomach, the spleen is three organs ...