An Additional Visceral Impression on Spleen – A Rare Anatomical Scenario
Published: November 1, 2017 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/26269.10844
Shweta Kumari, Prabhat Goel, Shikha Singh, Vandana Mehta, Rajesh Kumar Suri
1. Senior Resident, Department of Anatomy, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, New Delhi, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, New Delhi, India.
3. Senior Resident, Department of Anatomy, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, New Delhi, India.
4. Professor, Department of Anatomy, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, New Delhi, India.
5. Professor, Department of Anatomy, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, New Delhi, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Vandana Mehta,
Room No. 111, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, New Delhi-110029, India.
E-mail: drvandanamehta@gmail.com
An accessory spleen is a small mass of splenic tissue, found apart from main body. An unexpectedly rare location of accessory spleen in phrenicocolic ligament was encountered during the course of preclinical cadaveric dissection programme. The accessory spleen also created an oval impression measuring 2.5x2 cm on the visceral surface of the spleen. Precise knowledge of such anatomical variants is relevant to Radiologists and Surgeons in their clinical practice.
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