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asplenia / polysplenia syndromes
probably different degrees of the same disorder
- asplenia (Ivemark syndrome, bilateral right sidedness)
- more severe
- right lung lobar anatomy bilaterally, bilateral eparterial bronchi
- associated with cardiac, GI/GU and situs anomalies
- Howell-Jolly bodies - RBC inclusions
- polysplenia (bilateral left-sidedness)
- left lung lobar anatomy bilaterally, bilateral hyparterial bronchi
- multiple spleens/splenules
- bilateral SVCs, azygos continuation of IVC
- associated with cardiac(less common than in asplenia), GI/GU and situs anomalies
Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD - 3 February 1995
Last updated: 1 October 2013
Copyright © 2013, Charles E. Kahn, Jr.
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