This boy came to see us with a giant abdominal mass. It was a giant spleen. He had pain, anemia and could not eat, so we did a splenectomy. It was a very large spleen extending from the left diaphragm to the pelvis. He did well after surgery.
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| Intraoperative view of spleen and surgery team |
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| Giant spleen that has shrunken after several units of blood drained out |
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| Mixing FloSeal (Baxter) to stop oozing from the diaphragmatic surface |
