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  2. Spleen pain - Wikipedia

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    Splenomegaly can result in hematologic disturbances and abdominal pain and can increase the risk for splenic rupture, which also causes spleen pain, from blunt trauma, resulting in life-threatening internal bleeding. [2] Many conditions can cause splenomegaly, such as various infections, liver disease, and cancer. [2]

  3. Blunt splenic trauma - Wikipedia

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    Blunt splenic trauma most often occurs in automobile accident victims, in which it is a leading cause of internal bleeding. However, any type of major impact directed to the spleen may cause splenic trauma. This can happen in bicycling accidents, when the handlebar is forced into the left subcostal margin, and into the spleen.

  4. Splenic injury - Wikipedia

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    In minor injuries with little bleeding, there may be abdominal pain, tenderness in the epigastrium and pain in the left flank. Often there is a sharp pain in the left shoulder, known as Kehr's sign. [1] In larger injuries with more extensive bleeding, signs of hypovolemic shock are most prominent.

  5. Splenic infarction - Wikipedia

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    In sickle cell disease, repeated splenic infarctions lead to a non-functional spleen (autosplenectomy). Any factor that directly compromises the splenic artery can cause infarction. Examples include abdominal traumas, aortic dissection, torsion of the splenic artery (for example, in wandering spleen) or external compression on the artery by a ...

  6. Splenosis - Wikipedia

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    As little as five months and as much as 32 years have been reported. Most people with splenosis have no symptoms, so the splenosis is discovered by chance through screening or in the process of diagnosing another disease. Some people experience symptoms, such as abdominal pain, intestinal obstruction, hemorrhage, or hydronephrosis.

  7. Boy, 7, has persistent stomach pain. Doctors discovered he ...

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    Easton Pinnell, 7, was experiencing persistent stomach pain with nausea. Doctors discovered he had a rare wandering spleen that was resting on his stomach. Boy, 7, has persistent stomach pain.

  8. Splenomegaly - Wikipedia

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    Splenomegaly is an enlargement of the spleen. [1] The spleen usually lies in the left upper quadrant (LUQ) of the human abdomen.Splenomegaly is one of the four cardinal signs of hypersplenism which include: some reduction in number of circulating blood cells affecting granulocytes, erythrocytes or platelets in any combination; a compensatory proliferative response in the bone marrow; and the ...

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