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Isolated Congenital Asplenia in an Asymptomatic Patient: A Very Rare Diagnosis [PDF]

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2020
Isolated congenital asplenia is a rare condition that mostly manifests in the early years, usually due to fatal systemic infections. In this paper, however, we present a case of a 36-year-old asymptomatic patient who was referred for suspected ...
Sofia Dinis Ferreira, Cláudia Lemos, Mónica Caldeira, Miguel Homem da Costa, Maria Luz Brazão, Fernando Aveiro   +5 more
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Asplenia in left isomerism

Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
Anatomical configurations where the viscero-atrial structures do not follow the usual arrangement or mirror-imaged arrangement is described conventionally as heterotaxy.
Usnish Adhikari, Venkatesh Gurajala, Palanisamy Dinesh Raja, Anoop Ayyappan, Deepti Narasimhaiah, Arun Gopalakrishnan   +5 more
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Asplenia Syndrome Complicated with Acute Gastric Volvulus: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine
Acute gastric volvulus in asplenia syndrome is a very rare presentation and only a few cases have been published in the literature. A 10-month-old baby girl with a history of complex congenital cyanotic heart disease presented with a history of repeated ...
M. C. Wettasinghe, N. D. Wickramasinghe, J. Fernando   +2 more
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Sporadic isolated congenital asplenia with fulminant pneumococcal meningitis: a case report and updated literature review

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background Isolated congenital asplenia (ICA) is a rare and life-threatening condition that predisposes patients to severe bacterial infections. Most of the reported cases are familial and the mode of inheritance is usually autosomal dominant.
Shigeo Iijima
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Genetics in Heterotaxy: A Case Series and Literature Review on DNAH9, PKD1L1, MMP21, and GDF1. [PDF]

Clin Genet
Integrating trio‐based genomic sequencing with detailed clinical evaluation across seven French–Vietnamese heterotaxy cases alongside a review of 108 published patients reveals strong genotype–phenotype correlations. Variants in DNAH9, PKD1L1, MMP21, and GDF1 define a broad spectrum from isolated situs inversus to complex conotruncal heart defects and ...
Ho TBT, Coudert A, Do TTH, Le TTT, Gauthier M, Dubucs C, Mortreux J, Monin P, Chatron N, Devillard F, Coutton C, Satre V, Harbuz R, Dufour W, Januel L, Celse T, Paris C, Consortium A, Tran LTM, Trinh HT, Jouk PS, Truong BL, Nguyen TKN, Thevenon J.   +23 more
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Prevention of post-splenectomy sepsis in patients with asplenia - a study protocol of a controlled trial

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Patients with asplenia have a significantly increased lifelong risk of severe invasive infections, particular post-splenectomy sepsis (PSS).
Marianne Bayrhuber, Natascha Anka, Johannes Camp, Manuela Glattacker, Erik Farin, Siegbert Rieg   +5 more
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Subtotal Versus Total Splenectomy in Children With Sickle Cell Disease: Clinical Outcomes and Splenic Function Assessed by Pocked Red Blood Cell Count. [PDF]

Am J Hematol
American Journal of Hematology, Volume 101, Issue 10, Page 2654-2658, October 2026.
Al Sibaaie A, Sissoko A, Capito C, Chardot C, de Montalembert M, Brousse V, Brice J, Bevacqua M, Roussel C, Dumas L, Cissé A, Buffet P, Allali S.   +12 more
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Histoplasmosis and asplenia [PDF]

Thorax, 2010
A 42-year-old asplenic woman was evaluated for a 2-week history of intermittent high-grade fevers and pleuritic chest pain and skin rash (figure 1). A CT scan of the chest showed multiple small nodules on both lungs (figure 2). Fungal serological studies were negative. A skin biopsy revealed palisading dermal granulomatous …
Harris V K, Naina, Charles F, Thomas, Samar, Harris   +2 more
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Asplenia and Fever [PDF]

Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, 2015
A 45-year-old-man presented with the abrupt onset of a fever over 30 years after surgical splenectomy. He presented with symptoms and findings that seemed consistent with influenza. He rapidly developed fulminant meningitis that resulted in his death.
Mitchell L, Huebner, Kristin A, Milota
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Intra-erythrocytic vacuoles in asplenic patients: elusive genesis and original clearance of unique organelles

Frontiers in Physiology, 2023
The spleen plays a dual role of immune response and the filtration of red blood cells (RBC), the latter function being performed within the unique microcirculatory architecture of the red pulp.
Lucie Dumas, Lucie Dumas, Camille Roussel, Camille Roussel, Camille Roussel, Pierre Buffet, Pierre Buffet, Pierre Buffet   +7 more
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