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Splenic infarction is a condition in which blood flow supply to the spleen is compromised, [1] leading to partial or complete infarction (tissue death due to oxygen shortage) in the organ. [2] Splenic infarction occurs when the splenic artery or one of its branches are occluded, for example by a blood clot. [3]
Splenic infarction is a condition in which blood flow supply to the spleen is compromised, [30] leading to partial or complete infarction (tissue death due to oxygen shortage) in the organ. [31] Splenic infarction occurs when the splenic artery or one of its branches are occluded, for example by a blood clot.
It is responsible for approximately three-fourths of the liver’s blood flow, transported from much of the gastrointestinal system as well as the pancreas, gallbladder, and spleen. [3] Cirrhosis alters bleeding pathways thus patients are simultaneously at risk of uncontrolled bleeding and forming clots. [3]
Spleen: Splenic infarction occurs when the splenic artery or one of its branches are occluded, for example by a blood clot. Although it can occur asymptomatically, the typical symptom is severe pain in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen, sometimes radiating to the left shoulder. Fever and chills develop in some cases. [11]
A blood clot that reaches your brain can cause a stroke. Symptoms of a stroke include sudden: Numbness or weakness, often on one side of your body or face. Confusion.
Thrombosis (from Ancient Greek θρόμβωσις (thrómbōsis) 'clotting') is the formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel, obstructing the flow of blood through the circulatory system. When a blood vessel (a vein or an artery) is injured, the body uses platelets (thrombocytes) and fibrin to form a blood clot to prevent blood loss ...
The basic pathology is some kind of obstructive pathology in the portal, hepatic or splenic vein that causes obstruction of venous blood flow from the spleen towards the heart. The cause of such obstruction may be abnormalities present at birth (congenital) of certain veins, blood clots, or various underlying disorders causing inflammation and ...
Most commonly, a blood clot diagnosis references a clot in the veins of the legs (a deep vein thrombosis, or DVT), or a blood clot that has broken free from the veins, traveled up through the body ...
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