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splenitis

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splenitis /sple·ni·tis/ (sple-ni´tis) inflammation of the spleen.
sple·ni·tis (spl-nts)
n.
Inflammation of the spleen.

splenitis [sple-ni´tis]
inflammation of the spleen, a condition that is attended by enlargement of the organ and severe local pain.

splenitis
inflammation of the spleen, a condition that is attended by enlargement of the organ and severe local pain. Is usually a diffuse suppurative infection.


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Predominate lesions were a moderate to severe hepatitis with diffuse single-cell necrosis of hepatocytes and a splenitis characterized by necrosis of cells surrounding the sheathed arteries.
The prairie dogs in this study did not have necrotizing lymphadenitis or splenitis, which may indicate that these rodents were euthanized relatively early in the disease course.
PATHOLOGIC FINDINGS General autopsy findings were significant for candidal bronchopneumonia and splenitis, hepatic granulomas consistent with chronic transfusion therapy, and bilateral renal glomerulosclerosis.
 
 
 
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