Splenic infarction
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| Two large splenic infarcts, as demonstrated on an abdominal CT scan (white arrows) in a 36-year-old Caucasian woman with acute cytomegalovirus infection. The patient was also found to be heterozygous for the Factor V Leiden mutation. | |
| ICD-10 | D73.5 |
| DiseasesDB | 12365 |
| MedlinePlus | 001293 |
| MeSH | D013159 |
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Splenic infarction Microchapters |
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Splenic infarction On the Web |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]
Additional Resources
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