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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
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 ... Ultrasound #Trauma #POCUS
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:
 •
Infectious Risks in Asplenia ... Cells, Antibodies Spleen ... #complement #Asplenia
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
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
Pancreas on Abdominal POCUS

What structure is anterior to the splenic vein in this clip?
Resolution: The pancreas
Pancreas on Abdominal POCUS ... anterior to the splenic ... anterior to the splenic ... so top of the screen ... Normal #Abdominal #POCUS
Causes of Splenomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious
 • Bacterial
 • Viral (EBV)
 • Parasitic
 • Fungal
Congestive
Hepatic, Portal, Splenic ... #Splenomegaly #Spleen
FAST Exam in a Blunt Trauma patient with Shattered Spleen

1. Know your US anatomy
2. Beware of
with Shattered Spleen ... Clinical #Anatomy #POCUS ... #Spleen #Shattered