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>13cm
Most common finding. S&S: LUQ pain or fullness |
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Acute: Hypermia (unusual amt of blood)
Chronic: diffuse enlargement of gland
Etiology due to obstructive blood disease |
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| -Storage disease causing starch deposits in organs and tissue |
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| Congenital disorder of lipid metabolism |
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-Inherited hematologic disease particular to those of African descent
-Acute crisis might yield an enlarged spleen with a decrease in hematocrit. With increasing crisis, spleen would become smaller with areas of infarction and fibrosis |
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-Inherited hematologic disease particular to individuals from the Mediterranean or SE Asia
-Anemia due to deficient synthesis of of hemoglobin
-Gross Splenomegaly |
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chronic disease of unknown etiology seen as an increase in RBC mass and hemoglobin concentration.
S & S of fatigue, vertigo, tinnitus, irritability, splenomegaly, flushing of the face, redness and pain in the extremities and bruising
US findings of an enlarged, turgid, spleen. Infarcts and thrombosis are common in polycythemia vera |
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| Letterer-Siwe disease and Hand-Schuller-Christian disease |
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| seen in pediatric patients as hepatosplenomegaly |
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-Focal Disease of Spleen
-Usually due to suppressed immune system, subacute bacterial endocarditis
-S & S of LUQ tenderness, abd pain |
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Most often presents as splenomegaly
More often seen in immunocompromised patients |
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-Focal disease of spleen
-Splenomegaly with possible focal lesions |
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| Splenic infarction & trauma |
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-due to occlusion of the splenic artery
-focal, wedge-shaped defect that varies in appearance depending on the time of onset |
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-Usually due to blunt abdominal trauma
-results in hematoma
--May be subcapsular or may be ruptured
--Must assess for free fluid in the intraperitoneum |
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-Appears as true cyst
-May be parasitic or nonparasitic |
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| Parasite that forms in cysts |
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-Hamartoma
-Cavernous hemangioma |
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-Malignant Primary Neoplasms
-Usually seen as hypoechoic lesions
Patterns of Diffuse involvement,
Focal small nodular lesions,
Focal large lesions,
Bulky disease,
Usually seen as hypoechoic lesions
Patterns of
Diffuse involvement,
Focal small nodular lesions,
Focal large lesions,
Bulky disease
Mets may originate from primary breast, lung, ovary , stomach, or prostate—most commonly from melanoma |
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| Origins for Metastatic Disease |
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| Mets may originate from primary breast, lung, ovary , stomach, or prostate—most commonly from melanoma |
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| significance and findings in trauma to the spleen |
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| Enlarged; hematoma; Subcapsular vs. ruptured |
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Results from failure of fusion of separate splenic masses forming on dorsal mesogastrium
Most commonly found at splenic hilum or along splenic vessels |
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| Certain phagocytic cells make up the RES; plays role in synthesis of blood proteins and hematopoiesis |
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| Spleen that has migrated from its normal LUQ location |
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| Process by which spleen removes red blood cells as they pass through |
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| Pigment released from hemoglobin process |
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| Abnormal decrease of WBC; may be drug induced |
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| Found in white pulp; lymph node in spleen |
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| Process by which the red pulp destroy the degenerating red blood cells |
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| Process by which spleen removes red blood cells as they pass through |
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| Consists of reticular cells and fibers, surrounds the splenic sinuses |
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| Consists of lymphatic tissue and lymphatic follicles |
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| Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia |
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| Anemia caused by antibodies produced by one's immune system |
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| Anemia resulting from hemolysis of RBCs |
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