Researchers from several sites in the United States used sulfur colloid liver-spleen scans to evaluate spleen function in 193 children with sickle cell anemia.

When colorectal cancer is suspected, careful examination of the abdominal CT scan can allow early diagnosis of a splenic involvement by the tumor.

Splenic sequestration is a dangerous complication of sickle cell disease. Learn more from WebMD about what happens, the signs, how it's diagnosed, and common treatments.

Observation of Howell—Jolly bodies in the blood of children with sickle-cell anemia suggested the paradox of splenic hypofunction despite clinical splenomegaly. Spleen scans were performed with ...

Although no intense pelvic symptoms were found during the physical exam, the CT scan showed a wedge-like hypodense area in the spleen (Fig. 1, arrow) consistent with acute splenic infarction. Results ...

Sickle Cell Disease is a chronic, inherited blood disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. It is best known for causing anaemia, pain episodes, and organ complications, but a lesser ...

Researchers at MIT, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, the Pasteur Institute in Paris, and other institutions have now designed a microfluidic device, or “spleen-on-a-chip,” that can model ...

The purpose of this paper is to recognize the potential dangers associated with sickle states and to report the occurrence of an atrophied, siderofibrotic spleen in sickle-cell hemoglobin C disease.

Conditions that can damage your spleen, like sickle cell disease, immune disorders, and chronic liver disease, can cause hyposplenism. Symptoms can include fatigue, malaise, and shivering.

After receiving a bone marrow transplant and stem cell donation from her sister, Cali Cole is now several years post-transplant with no complications.

An experimental gene therapy Obando received last year successfully rid her of her sickle cell disease, eliminating her intense suffering and transforming her into a teenager like any other.

Every day, billions of red blood cells pass through the spleen, an organ that is responsible for filtering out old or damaged blood cells. This task is made more difficult when the blood cells are ...