ReviewSurgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA2018
Anatomic variations of the spleen: current state of terminology, classification, and embryological background.
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- Splenoses and Other Ectopic and Heterotopic Splenic Tissue: The Use of Long-Lasting Enhancement in Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound to Avoid Unnecessary Intervention.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Clinical and imaging differentiation of intrapancreatic accessory spleen from pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor and solid-pseudopapillary tumor: a retrospective analysis.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Save or Remove the Accessory Spleen in Patient Candidates to Splenectomy for Lymphoproliferative Disorders: Rational and Literature Review.Clinical case reports · 2025Article
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- Torsion of the wandering spleen with intestinal obstruction.Clinical journal of gastroenterology · 2025Article
- A rare huge retroperitoneal accessory spleen mimicking right-sided sarcoma in a female patient: case report and review.Journal of surgical case reports · 2025Article
- "Sneaky Spleen": Three Cases of Ectopic Splenic Tissue Mimicking Neoplasia.Case reports in pathology · 2025Article
- Heterotaxy polysplenia syndrome with cholangiopancreatic cancer: a case report and literature review.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Rupture of an accessory spleen caused by blunt trauma.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2024Article
- Platelet-to-albumin ratio and radiation-induced lymphopenia-prognostic biomarker for carcinoma esophagus.Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute · 2024Article
- The Fetal Spleen in Low-Risk Pregnancies and prior to Preterm Birth: Observational Study of the Role of Anatomical and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging.Fetal diagnosis and therapy · 2024Observational
- A case of symptomatic intramesenteric accessory spleen: The diagnostic role of contrast-enhanced ultrasound.Ultrasound (Leeds, England) · 2023Article
- Wandering spleen causing small bowel obstruction: Laparoscopic surgical treatment (with video).International journal of surgery case reports · 2023Article
- Wandering liver, spleen, and kidney: what the radiologist needs to know.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2023Review
- Various congenital anomalies and anatomical variations of the spleen: a multimodality pictorial review.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2023Review
- Morphological variations of the human spleen: no evidence for a multifocal or lobulated developmental origin.The British journal of radiology · 2023Article
- A unique anatomical variation of the vascular supply of the ovary, uterine tube, and uterus from the greater omentum - an anatomical case study.Physiological research · 2022Review
- Splenic Torsion in Heterotaxy Syndrome with Left Isomerism: A Case Report and Literature Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Preoperative angioembolisation of a mediastinal accessory ectopic spleen: A case report and review of the literature.Radiology case reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
A thorough understanding of the anatomy, physiology, and development of the spleen is essential for determining the pathophysiological mechanisms underpinning splenic diseases and congenital variations. The aim of this review is to briefly summarize current knowledge regarding the normal development of the spleen, and to provide an overview of clinically relevant congenital splenic variations. These include such variations as asplenia, polysplenia, hyposplenia, lobulation of spleen, accessory spleens, accessory splenic nodules, wandering spleen, splenogonadal and splenopancreatic fusion, splenic cysts, and cavernous haemangioma of the spleen. All of these congenital variations are also mentioned in internationally accepted embryological nomenclature, known as the Terminologia Embryologica. Interestingly, most patients who have these diseases are asymptomatic, and are often diagnosed only after an injury or during unrelated medical procedures. Using examples from published case reports, we highlight how an understanding of the embryology of the spleen and the etiology of its disease states would improve clinical practice.
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