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Splenic Infarction
| Medical Definition: | Insufficiency of arterial or venous blood supply to the spleen due to emboli, thrombi, vascular torsion, or pressure that produces a macroscopic area of necrosis. (From Stedman, 25th ed) |
| Guide Notes: | DF: SPLENIC INFARCT |
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