Diseases

Splenic Infarction

Insufficiency of arterial or venous blood supply to the spleen due to emboli, thrombi, vascular torsion, or pressure that produces a macroscopic area of necrosis. (From Stedman, 25th ed)

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Insufficiency of arterial or venous blood supply to the spleen due to emboli, thrombi, vascular torsion, or pressure that produces a macroscopic area of necrosis. (From Stedman, 25th ed)

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  • Infarct of the Spleen
  • Splenic Infarct
  • Splenic Infarcts
  • Infarct, Splenic
  • Infarction, Splenic
  • Infarctions, Splenic
  • Infarcts, Splenic
  • Splenic Infarctions

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Splenic Infarction. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013159. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013159
  2. Splenic Infarction. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splenic_infarction
  3. Splenic Infarction. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1545572