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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
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
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 ... Howell #Jolly #Asplenia
CT angiography chest showing #pulmonaryinfarction due to acute #pulmonaryembolism. #Hamptonhump was viewed on CXR (https://GrepMed.com/images/5576). #photo
was viewed on CXR ... #photo #CT #Angiography
Septic emboli
On a follow up CXR only a small lungcyst is seen. #Clinical #Radiology #CXR #Lateral
On a follow up CXR ... small lungcyst is seen ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Splenomegaly: Massively enlarged spleen, the result of extramedullary hematopoiesis, is outlined above.
This patient's left upper quadrant
Massively enlarged spleen ... Images #Clinical #Photo ... #Splenomegaly #Spleen
Acute Purpura Fulminans Skin Rash on Physical Exam 
60 year old male ITP s/p splenectomy 
1d
in setting of asplenia ... Your blood cxs identify ... Rash #clinical #photo