Hereditary spherocytosis

Hereditary spherocytosis is a congenital hemolytic anemia with a wide clinical spectrum (from symptom-free carriers to severe hemolysis) characterized by anemia, variable jaundice, splenomegaly and cholelithiasis.

Accessory spleen

An accessory spleen is a round, iso-echogenic, homogenic and smooth structure and is seen as a normal variant mostly on the medial contour of the spleen, near the hilus or around the lower pole. This has no pathogenic relevance.


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PMID (PMCID)
29492255
(5824871)
 OTHER
An intrapancreatic accessory spleen presenting as a rapidly growing pancreatic mass after splenectomy in a patient with hereditary spherocytosis: a case report and literature review.
Tatekawa Y.
J Surg Case Rep. 2018;2018(2):rjy029.
The case of a 16-year-old boy with an intrapancreatic accessory spleen presenting as a rapidly growing pancreatic mass after splenectomy for splenomegaly due to hereditary spherocytosis is reported herein.
29492255
(5824871)
 OTHER
An intrapancreatic accessory spleen presenting as a rapidly growing pancreatic mass after splenectomy in a patient with hereditary spherocytosis: a case report and literature review.
Tatekawa Y.
J Surg Case Rep. 2018;2018(2):rjy029.
An intrapancreatic accessory spleen presenting as a rapidly growing pancreatic mass after splenectomy in a patient with hereditary spherocytosis: a case report and literature review.
3386065
 MIXED_SAMPLE Middle Aged
Preoperative computed tomography and scintigraphy to facilitate the detection of accessory spleen in patients with hematologic disorders.
Koyanagi N, Kanematsu T, Sugimachi K.
Jpn J Surg. 1988;18(1):101-4.
After the accessory spleen had been removed from the first patient, who had persistent hereditary spherocytosis and had undergone a splenectomy 15 months before, a postoperative decrease in hyperbilirubinemia was noted.
644372
 FEMALE Adult
Recurrent hemolytic anemia secondary to acessory spleens.
Bart JB, Appel MF.
South Med J. 1978;71(5):608-9.
A patient with recurrent hereditary spherocytosis due to a hypertrophied accessory spleen is presented.