Spleen Flashcards
(20 cards)
What is the largest lymphoid organ?
Spleen
Red and most white blood cells, and platelets are produced where?
Bone marrow
what does the spleen do ?
Removes damaged blood cells from circulation.
What is a normal spleen measurement ?
< 12 cm
Where is the LT lobe of the liver during a third trimester pregnancy?
Anterior to the spleen.
The fundus of the stomach, lesser sac, and pancreas tail are ____ and ____ to the spleen hilum.
Medial and Anterior.
The left kidney lies ___ and ___ to the spleen.
Inferior and medial.
The pancreas is located ___ to the stomach and lesser sac.
The pancreas is located ____ to the upper pole of the left kidney
Posterior
Anterior
What is commonly found and may be confused with a pancreatic tail mass or enlarged lymph node around the spleen
Accessory Spleen
What is splenoptosis?
Wandering spleen
What is Splenunculi?
Accessory spleen
What is wandering spleen?
The spleen is not in the LUQ d/t absent/weakened suspensory ligaments and or pregnancy.
What can wandering spleen result in?
Torsion or splenic infarct
What are the suspensory ligaments of the spleen?
Gastrosplenic
Colicosplenic
Phrenocolic
Phrenosplenic
what are splenic calcifications ?
Granulomas
What are granulomas?
focal lesions from a previous infection
what are the most common causes of granulomas?
Histoplasmosis and Tuberculosis
What else is associated with splenic calcifcations?
Artery wall
Artery aneurysm
Infarcts
Pneumocystis carinii infection
What types of cyst are found in the spleen?
Autodom polycyst DZ
Hydatid cyst (liver)
Epidermal cyst
Liquified infarcts/hematoma
Panc psuedocyst
