Disease relevance of Splenic Infarction

• We report on a patient with left upper quadrant pain as a result of splenic infarction; the patient was subsequently found to have a thoracoabdominal aortic thrombus extending through the celiac axis [1].
• Splenic infarction after histoacryl injection for bleeding gastric varices [2].
• Six patients had to be withdrawn from IFN-gamma due to the following reasons: bacterial infection (three patients), splenic infarction or deterioration of splenomegaly (one patient, each) and refusal to continue IFN-gamma (one patient) [3].
• Late diagnosis of congenital diaphragmatic hernia with splenic infarction presenting as pleural effusion and respiratory distress [4].

High impact information on Splenic Infarction

• Splenic infarction after cocaine use [5].
• Absent splenic TSC uptake raises the possibility of splenic infarction [6].
• CONCLUSION: A patient with an acquired and transient form of the Inab phenotype is described, in whom the CD55 deficiency is limited to the RBCs and is associated with splenic infarctions [7].
• One patient probably had had a latent Babesia infection that activated because of immunosuppression attributable to high-dose corticosteroid therapy and to splenic infarctions caused by cholesterol emboli [8].
• Splenic infarction: an unusual complication of ethanolamine oleate injection [9].

Chemical compound and disease context of Splenic Infarction

• Gastric and splenic infarction: a complication of intraarterial vasopressin infusion [10].
• Immediate anticoagulation with heparin and coumadin was administered, and the thrombus in the aorta disappeared following 1 month of this medical treatment, leaving the renal and splenic infarction unchanged [11].

Anatomical context of Splenic Infarction

• After surgery, ischemic hepatitis, a perforated gallbladder, and splenic infarction developed secondary to celiac trunk stenosis-a result of cephalad displacement of the celiac trunk and compression of the artery by the diaphragmatic ligament [12].
• The authors report a case of symptomatic splenic infarction secondary to cholesterol embolization after coronary artery bypass grafting in a 59-year-old woman [13].
• At autopsy splenic infarction and intracardiac thrombi adhering to the mitral valve and left atrium were found, and these areas showed severe amyloid deposition [14].

Gene context of Splenic Infarction

• An abdominal Ultrasound Scan suggested a possible splenic infarction, which was confirmed by a CT scan of her abdomen [15].
• Here we describe a 20-year-old pregnant woman with systemic lupus erythematosus who had high anticardiolipin antibodies and presented with splenic infarction [16].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Splenic Infarction

• Splenic infarction from cholesterol embolization following cardiopulmonary bypass [13].

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