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Splenic tissue found outside the main bulk of the organ, usually but not always within the peritoneal cavity. If the patient is asymptomatic, the accessory spleen may be found only as an incidental mass on an abdominal scan; alternatively, the condition may exacerbate certain illnesses (e.g., immune thrombocytopenic purpura).<\/p>\n

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Splenic tissue found outside the main bulk of the organ, usually but not always within the peritoneal cavity. If the patient is asymptomatic, the accessory spleen may be found only as an incidental mass on an abdominal scan; alternatively, the condition may exacerbate certain illnesses (e.g., immune thrombocytopenic purpura).  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a"],"yoast_head":"\nAccessory spleen - Definition of Accessory spleen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Splenic tissue found outside the main bulk of the organ, usually but not always within the peritoneal cavity. 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