Presentation
Presented to the emergency room after an auto accident. At laparotomy, the spleen was found to be ruptured and was removed. Meanwhile, the admission lab work showed a white blood count of 91,000/µL, almost all small round lymphocytes.
Patient Data
Age: Elderly
Gender: Female
From the case:
Splenic deposits in leukemia (gross pathology)
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600-gram spleen -- spleen and hilar nodes, chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Case Discussion
Photo credit: Ed Uthman
Original file (Flickr): here
License: Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)