SURGICAL AND HEMATOLOGIC SIGNIFICANCE OF ACCESSORY SPLEENS
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 143 (2) , 191-192
Abstract
The approximately 10% incidence of accessory spleens in the general population is well documented, and accessory spleens often are not clinically significant. Trauma, torsion and, especially, hematologic diseases can affect an accessory spleen. A careful search should be made for accessory spleens, and they should be removed at the time of primary splenectomy to avoid a 2nd operation later in life.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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- ACCESSORY SPLEENS—THEIR SIGNIFICANCE IN ESSENTIAL THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA HEMORRHAGICAThe Lancet Healthy Longevity, 1928