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Experience with Benign Splenic Disease
Acta Chirurgica Belgica, 2004In the ongoing effort to improve patient treatment, a deeper understanding of the symptomatology, physical signs and management options of rare splenic, non-traumatic, benign diseases is extremely important.The records of eight consecutive patients with benign splenic conditions, other than injury and abscess, were reviewed retrospectively in order to ...
J, Melissas +3 more
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Surgical Aspects of Splenic Disease
Surgical Clinics of North America, 1949It is well known that the spleen is not an organ necessary for life, but in spite of its seemingly slight importance there are a surprisingly large number of pathologic conditions resulting from its disease. Many of these diseases (e. g., thrombocytopenic purpura and hereditary spherocytic anemia) respond to splenectomy; accordingly there is little ...
W H, COLE, J D, MAJARAKIS, L R, LIMARZI
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Splenic involvement in rheumatic diseases
Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 1997To assess the major reports of splenic involvement in the rheumatic diseases and to highlight several conditions in which potentially life-threatening splenic complications may occur.A search of the Medline database ('SilverPlatter': 1966 to 1997) was conducted for all English-language entries related to the spleen and the major rheumatic diseases ...
D, Fishman, D A, Isenberg
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Celiac Disease with Splenic Calcifications
The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2010Celiac disease is an immune mediated enteropathy due to irreversible gluten sensitivity. It has protean manifestations involving gastrointestinal (GI) as well as non GI manifestations. Calcifications in the cerebral cortex are well defined entity in celiac disease known as CEC syndrome (Celiac disease, Epilepsy and Cerebral Calcification ...
Anu, Maheshwari +3 more
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Infections in medicine, 2006
Catscratch disease (CSD) should be considered in the differential diagnosis of fever of unknown origin and splenic findings in a patient with a history of cat contact. We report a rare and unusual case of CSD that was diagnosed with the aid of serologic testing and CT scan.
Puljiz, Ivan +4 more
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Catscratch disease (CSD) should be considered in the differential diagnosis of fever of unknown origin and splenic findings in a patient with a history of cat contact. We report a rare and unusual case of CSD that was diagnosed with the aid of serologic testing and CT scan.
Puljiz, Ivan +4 more
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SURGICAL ASPECTS OF SPLENIC DISEASE
Archives of Surgery, 1955ALTHOUGH the spleen is an important component of the reticuloendothelial system, its removal may be beneficial or curative in many hematologic diseases. With the advent of sternal aspiration, which is a relatively simple technique, and with better knowledge of the functions of the hematopoietic system, more and more indications for splenectomy have ...
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2010
The spleen is a lymphopoietic organ, which is part of the immunoprotective system of the body, in the same way as the lymph nodes. Its situation, under the left hemidiaphragm, in the immediate neighborhood of the abdominal wall and ribs, as well as its very important natural fragility, can explain the importance of its blunt trauma pathology.
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The spleen is a lymphopoietic organ, which is part of the immunoprotective system of the body, in the same way as the lymph nodes. Its situation, under the left hemidiaphragm, in the immediate neighborhood of the abdominal wall and ribs, as well as its very important natural fragility, can explain the importance of its blunt trauma pathology.
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Splenic Abscess: An Easily Overlooked Disease?
The American Surgeon™, 2006Splenic abscess is an uncommon but potentially life-threatening disease. Recent advances in radiology have affected the diagnosis and management of this disease entity. The purpose of this study was to review our experience in managing these patients.
Cheng-Cheng, Tung +2 more
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Primary Splenic Lymphocyte-Depletion Hodgkin's Disease
American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 1990A case of lymphocyte-depletion Hodgkin's disease is described for the purpose of reviewing the criteria currently used to distinguish this disease from other pleomorphic large-cell malignancies. A 76-year-old man with a 3-month history of daily fevers underwent extensive evaluation and exploratory laparotomy, which revealed only two large, separate ...
R A, Zellers, S N, Thibodeau, P M, Banks
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Ultrasound or CT in Splenic Diseases?
Acta Radiologica, 1994To compare the value of US and CT for the detection and analysis of splenic abnormalities, we reviewed the medical records and imaging findings of 93 patients with 93 proven textural lesions of the spleen, which were visualized by US and/or CT. US revealed the abnormality in 91 (97.8%) patients and CT in 74 (79.6%) patients. US was more sensitive than
T M, Siniluoto +4 more
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