Spleen weighing 2.8 kilograms and 45 cm in length removed from a woman patient at Gandhi Hospital

In Hyderabad, doctors at Gandhi Hospital successfully removed a rare 2.8-kg, 45-cm enlarged spleen from a woman suffering ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Higher Spleen Volume at HSCT Associated With Worse Outcomes in AML

A recent study found that higher spleen volume before undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) was associated with worse overall survival and higher nonrelapse mortality ...
Rolling Out

The unsung power of your spleen and why it matters

Your body is an incredible machine with countless parts working together to keep you healthy. While you’re probably familiar with the superstars — heart, lungs, brain — there’s an underappreciated ...
BMJ

Ultrasound assessment of spleen size in collegiate athletes

4 Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA 5 Department of Family Medicine/Sports Medicine, University of Kentucky Objectives: To ...
Healthline

What Type of Leukemia Causes an Enlarged Spleen?

All types of leukemia can lead to an enlarged spleen, but it generally occurs more frequently in chronic leukemias. Chronic leukemias develop slowly compared with acute leukemias which grow fast. In ...