Your spleen sits under your rib cage in the upper left part of your abdomen toward your back. This organ helps filter your blood, trapping old and damaged red blood cells. It also contains white blood ...

IT has been suggested that the spleen releases a mitosis inhibition after X-irradiation 1,2. It has been found that after irradiation of the exteriorized spleen this inhibitor can be obtained by ...

Mumbai: A team led by Dr Imran Shaikh, Consultant GI & HPB Surgeon, Wockhardt Hospitals, Mira Road, successfully removed an enlarged spleen (3 ft x 1 ½ft, 90 cm) weighing 8.5 kg via surgery from a ...

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 ...

Your spleen is a small organ located on the left side of your abdomen under the rib cage. This organ is part of your immune system and helps to fight off infections while also filtering damaged and ...

The spleen filters your blood and also stores your red blood cells, platelets, and white blood cells. But if your spleen is removed, other parts of the lymphatic system can take over these functions.

We conducted a systematic review of English and French language papers indexed in CINAHL, PubMed and Embase using the medical subject heading (MeSH) search terms "rupture, spontaneous," and "splenic ...

17 years ago, patient Rajkumar Tiwari had to give up his daily routine due to left-side upper abdominal pain. Despite consulting multiple doctors and undergoing thorough evaluations, his condition ...

An 82-year-old man with a history of hypertension and prostatectomy for benign hypertrophy was admitted with left flank pain of sudden onset. He had no bowel or bladder symptoms, and findings on ...