RT Book, Section
A1 Nehs, Matthew A.
A2 Doherty, Gerard M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1171279913
T1 Spleen
T2 Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Surgery, 15e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw Hill LLC
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260122213
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1171279913
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  spleen  is  a  dark  purplish,  highly  vascular,  coffee  bean–shaped  organ  of  mesodermal  origin  situated  in  the  left  upper  quadrant  of  the  abdomen  at  the  level  of  the  eighth  to  eleventh  ribs  between  the  fundus  of  the  stomach,  the  diaphragm,  the  splenic  flexure  of  the  colon,  and  the  left  kidney  (Figure  29–1).  The  adult  spleen  weighs  100-150  g,  measures  about  12  ×  7  ×  4  cm,  and  usually  cannot  be  palpated.  It  is  attached  to  adjacent  viscera,  the  abdominal  wall,  and  the  diaphragm  by  peritoneal  folds  or  “ligaments.”  The  gastrosplenic  ligament  carries  the  short  gastric  vessels.  The  other  ligaments  (splenorenal  and  splenocolic)  are  avascular  except  in  patients  with  portal  hypertension  or  myelofibrosis.