(1) Pathologic evaluation of the spleen was positive for splenic marginal zone B-cell lymphoma.(2) It can arise from the gastroepiploic artery, the splenic artery proper, the splenic branches of the splenic artery, or any combination thereof.(3) The surgeon examines the splenic bed for accessory spleens with the laparoscope.(4) Abdominal CT showed a subcapsular splenic hematoma and a large, irregular, cystic lesion at the splenic hilum.(5) Less common but serious complications of colonoscopy include splenic trauma, vasovagal reactions and endocarditis.(6) The splenic artery was encased by tumor, although there was no intraluminal invasion, and the artery showed severe calcific atherosclerosis.(7) The ligatures on his splenic artery and vein had slipped.(8) The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends meningococcal vaccine for children with splenic dysfunction.(9) The mass appeared to be well circumscribed with no invasion of the splenic vessels or the spleen.(10) A 41-year-old white man was referred for evaluation of a splenic artery aneurysm and an acquired splenorenal venous shunt.(11) The hilum of the spleen contains the splenic vein, but the artery is out of the plane of section.(12) The sound sometimes occurs in splenic infarction, in neoplastic disease that involves the surface of the liver, and in abscess formation in either organ.(13) Larger splenic metastatic lesions were more often symptomatic.(14) Many mechanisms of atraumatic splenic rupture have been postulated.(15) In the cases described in this article, the patients sought medical attention owing to symptoms caused by atraumatic splenic rupture.(16) The radiologic impression was that the lesions represented splenic abscesses, and the patient subsequently underwent a splenectomy.
