The author has completed the ICMJE form and declares no conflicts of interest. A 74-year-old woman presented at the emergency department with abdominal pain. She had undergone a colonoscopy three days ...

West Lafayette is located at the edge of "Tornado Alley," a part of the central United States that is particularly susceptible to tornadoes. Tornadoes are a hazard that may result in large losses of ...

1 Qurayyat General Hospital, Al Jouf Cluster, Ministry of Health, Qurayyat, KSA. 2 Faculty of Medicine, Homs University, Homs, Syria. The spleen is a delicate, fist-sized organ under left rib cage ...

A recent study published in the journal of BMC Surgery revealed that partial splenectomy with pericardial devascularization is a safe and effective treatment for portal hypertension while preserving ...

1 Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. 2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Catholic University Leuven, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Overwhelming Post-Splenectomy Infection ...

Background: Wandering spleen is a rare disorder characterized by splenic displacement into the abdominal or pelvic cavity, predisposing to torsion and infarction. Congenital factors (long pedicle, lax ...

An emergency medical technician (EMT) is a medical professional who gives emergency care to people outside of or on the way to the hospital. They can give basic medical and first-aid care until a ...

A male patient in his late teens initially presented with severe left upper abdominal pain, following a week of influenza-like symptoms. Initially, he presented to his GP, who diagnosed him with ...

THE exact role of the spleen in preventing or suppressing bacterial infections in human beings is unknown. The spleen, an important part of the reticuloendothelial system, acts as a filter for ...

Splenic rupture is a rare but serious iatrogenic complication of colonoscopy, potentially leading to hemodynamic instability. When common complications such as post-polypectomy syndrome and ...

1 Department of Digestive Health, Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia 2 School of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia Spontaneous splenic ...