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Howell-Jolly Body - On these Wright-stained peripheral blood smears the small dark spheres within red cells
removed by the spleen ... poikilocyte in the left photo ... cells in the right photo ... in congenital asplenia ... #Asplenia
Post-splenectomy blood smear demonstrating Howell-Jolly bodies and target cells.

#Clinical #Pathology #BloodSmear #HowellJollyBodies #TargetCells #Splenectomy #Asplenic
demonstrating Howell-Jolly ... #Splenectomy #Asplenic
Codocytes (Target cells) - Two target cells are seen in the left photo and one in
target cells are seen ... in the left photo ... present in the left photo ... are a Howell-Jolly
Etiology of Splenic Infarction:
 • Hypercoagulability: Factor V Leiden, Antiphospholipid syndrome, Malignancy
 • Embolic disease: Atrial
Etiology of Splenic ... cell disease • Splenic ... compression • Splenic ... Torsion: Wandering spleen ... #Infarction #spleen
Common RBC Inclusions and Associations
 • Howell Jolly Bodies: Hyposplenism, Asplenism, Severe hemolytic anemia
 • Heinz
Associations • Howell Jolly ... Hyposplenism, Asplenism
AAST spleen / splenic injury scale 

- Morgan Pinkston Eutermoser
@DenvERdgmd

#Diagnosis #Traumatic #Spleen #Splenic #Injury #Rupture #Scale
AAST spleen / splenic ... Diagnosis #Traumatic #Spleen ... #Splenic #Injury
Infectious Risks in Asplenia and Deficiencies in Humoral Immunity and Complement - Venn Diagram
Humoral Immunity:
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Infectious Risks in Asplenia ... Cells, Antibodies Spleen ... #complement #Asplenia
Traumatic Splenic Hematoma on LUQ FAST Exam

31 yo M. Minor blunt trauma from bicycle accident. No
Traumatic Splenic ... hyperechoic hematoma in splenic ... Grade 4 spleen fracture ... @eabramsMD #Splenic ... #Hematoma #Spleen
Splenic Laceration 
Most commonly injured organ in BLUNT abdominal trauma 
Grade I
 - Laceration < 1
Splenic Laceration ... Grade I - Splenic ... devascularization #Splenic ... #Laceration #Spleen
Morphologic Findings in Red Blood Cells
Basophilic stippling - Small blue dots in red cells, due to
round inclusions, seen ... removed in the spleen ... hemoglobin Howell-Jolly ... rings) - Howell—Jolly