The spleen is a fist-sized organ in the upper left part of the belly under the ribcage. It helps protect the body by clearing worn-out red blood cells and other foreign bodies (such as germs) from the ...

spleen, gallbladder, and pancreas. Portal vein blood contains both nutrients and toxins derived from digestion, which the ...

Urgent ultrasound revealed the absence of spleen in the normal position with a hypoechoic encapsulated mass in the left lower abdomen while Doppler study showed the absence of internal vascularity in ...