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Spleen and Thymus

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Splenomegaly ?   * dragging sensation in LUQ, can see from infections, heme issues, congestion, cirrhosis, etc.  
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Hypersplenism ?   * overactivity of the spleen in making ABs or even phagocytic activity inside the spleen that leads to splenomegaly  
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Conditions Associated with Splenomegaly ?   * Felty’s Syndrome and Gaucher’s Disease  
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Infectious Mononucleosis ?   * Fever, sore throat, lymphadenopathy and atypical lymphocytes .... * spleen is enlarged and have to watch out for rupture in athletes  
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Nonspecific Acute Splenitis ?   * Splenomegaly due to blood-borne infections.... * congestion of red pulp ..... * Effacement of lymphoid follicles..... * Neutrophils, plasma cells & eosinophils throughout red & white pulp  
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Congestive Splenomegaly ?   * from Cirrhosis or splenic outflow blockage.... * thickened fibrous capsule  
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Splenic Infarcts ?   * emboli from heart most common .... * from an occlusion of a splenic artery... * see large map like scars on the outside of the spleen  
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Hyposplenism ?   * sickle cell anemia is most common cause.... * see Howell-Jolly bodies in a PB .... * can be leathal  
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Neoplasms of Spleen ?   * if the spleen has cysts, think parasitic infection... common is echinococcal disease  
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Congenital Anomalies of the Spleen ?   * can see Asplenia, Hypoplasia, and even an Accessory Spleen  
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Thymus Overview ?   * in anterior mediastinum and play a role in cell-mediated immunity .... see whorls of medullary epithelial cells with keratinized cores  
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Thymic Development issues ?   * DiGeorges or Aplasia  
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Thymic Hyperplasia ?   * Appearance of B-cell germinal centers within thymus --- think 65-75% of cases of Myasthenia Gravis  
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Thymomas ?   * Tumors of thymic epithelial cells.... * Cortical thymomas rich in CD4+ or CD8+ thymocytes associated with Autoimmune diseases = Graves’, pernicious anemia, dermatomyositis-polymyositis, Cushings  
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Noninvasive thymomas ?   * cytologically benign with a whorl pattern  
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Invasive thymomas ?   * cytologically benign, but can mets..... * see numerous thymocyes, not whorled  
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Thymic Carcinoma ?   * cytologically malignant.... * most are Squamous cell carcinomas  
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