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Clinical Significance Of The Anatomical Variations In Splenic Morphology, Hannah N. Jackson, Sarah Amaris, Brigitte L. Cochran, Shiv Dhiman, Savita Arya
Clinical Significance Of The Anatomical Variations In Splenic Morphology, Hannah N. Jackson, Sarah Amaris, Brigitte L. Cochran, Shiv Dhiman, Savita Arya
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INTRODUCTION: From helping defend the body against infections to cleaning the blood of damaged red blood cells, the spleen is crucial to maintaining homeostasis for primates. The primary objective of this study was to analyze anatomical variations of cadaveric spleens and determine an association with demographic and clinical characteristics of individuals; and thus enrich the current understanding of splenic variations in the South Eastern part of the US.
METHODS: The present study was conducted with specimens from two gross anatomy cadaver labs, with data from donor cadavers at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) Georgia and PCOM South Georgia …