The Cleveland Clinic defines the spleen as "a small organ inside your left rib cage, just above the stomach. It’s part of the lymphatic system." The liver "is a large organ in the abdomen ...

The spleen is an organ that filters and stores blood and produces white blood cells ... including the stomach, liver, and pancreas. Splenic vein thrombosis is relatively uncommon and most often ...

a protein produced in the liver. Doctors conducted an abdominal X-ray but detected no abnormalities. A computed tomography (CT) scan of the patient's abdomen showed that his kidneys, spleen ...

"The staff looked at the readily-identifiable liver on the table and were shocked when Dr. Shaknovsky told them that it was a spleen. One staff member felt sick to their stomach," the report noted.

On the evening of August 21, Thomas Shaknovsky, DO, operated on 70-year-old William Bryan to "remove his spleen but removed his liver instead ... "Extensive intra-abdominal blood loss was ...

It causes an enlarged spleen and a very low white blood count ... full soon after you eat because it's pressing against your stomach. Other times, an enlarged spleen doesn't cause any symptoms.

But without treatment, you could start getting symptoms and have complications of cirrhosis (liver scarring ... this tube that connects your mouth and stomach. They can use a device to compress ...

“His stomach was ... The spleen rests on the left side of the abdomen, below the rib cage. It “helps filter blood and helps remove contaminates” and makes white blood cells that protect ...

An elderly Alabama man died last month when a surgeon in Florida mistakenly removed his liver instead of his spleen during an emergency procedure, his family said. William Bryan, 70, and his wife ...

The family of an Alabama man said 70-year-old William Bryan died after his liver was mistakenly removed during a medical procedure at a Florida hospital where Bryan went to have his spleen removed ...

The widow, Beverly Bryan, is claiming her late husband, William Bryan, had his liver surgically removed in error, instead of his spleen ... William Bryan suffered abdominal pain and sought ...