Although no intense pelvic symptoms were found during the physical exam, the CT scan showed a wedge-like hypodense area in the spleen (Fig. 1, arrow) consistent with acute splenic infarction. Results ...

THE danger of high-altitude flying to patients with sicklemia, until lately, has been more theoretical than.real. As recently as 1951 Margolies 1 said that "the sickle cell trait is not a ...

ALTHOUGH thrombosis of the splenic vein is infrequently reported in the literature, 1,2 it is common knowledge among surgeons that this condition may follow splenectomy. In fact, local thrombosis at ...

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 ...

Atraumatic splenic rupture is a rare but clinically significant event occurring in the absence of external trauma. Often representing the initial manifestation of underlying pathology—such as ...

Kolkata: In a rare case, a 32-year-old man in Kolkata suffered a ‘stroke’ in his stomach, triggered by compromised blood flow to the spleen, leading to a clot causing vessel rupture and consequent ...