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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 ... #Clinical #Path ... Howell #Jolly #Asplenia
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
AAST spleen / splenic injury scale 

- Morgan Pinkston Eutermoser
@DenvERdgmd

#Diagnosis #Traumatic #Spleen #Splenic #Injury #Rupture #Scale
AAST spleen / splenic ... Diagnosis #Traumatic #Spleen ... #Splenic #Injury
Traumatic Splenic Hematoma on LUQ FAST Exam

31 yo M. Minor blunt trauma from bicycle accident. No
Traumatic Splenic ... Grade 4 spleen fracture ... @eabramsMD #Splenic ... #Hematoma #Spleen ... LUQ #FAST #Exam #Clinical
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
Splenomegaly: Massively enlarged spleen, the result of extramedullary hematopoiesis, is outlined above.
This patient's left upper quadrant
Massively enlarged spleen ... UCSD Catalog of Clinical ... Images #Clinical ... #Photo #Abdomen ... #Splenomegaly #Spleen
Splenic Laceration 
Most commonly injured organ in BLUNT abdominal trauma 
Grade I
 - Laceration < 1
Splenic Laceration ... Grade I - Splenic ... devascularization #Splenic ... #Laceration #Spleen
Post-splenectomy blood smear demonstrating Howell-Jolly bodies and target cells.

#Clinical #Pathology #BloodSmear #HowellJollyBodies #TargetCells #Splenectomy #Asplenic
#Clinical #Pathology ... #Splenectomy #Asplenic
Still's Disease: Characteristic rash seen in the adult form of this disease. 
Photo credit, Josh Fierer,
Characteristic rash seen ... Photo credit, Josh ... UCSD Catalog of Clinical ... Images #Clinical ... #Photo #Dermatology
Janeway Lesion: Flat, painless, erythematous lesions seen on the palm of this patient's hand. While
frequently associated
erythematous lesions seen ... Photo credit, Josh ... UCSD Catalog of Clinical ... Images #Clinical ... #Photo #Dermatology