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Your spleen is an organ that sits just below your left rib cage. Many conditions — including infections, liver disease and some cancers — can cause an ...
Ruptured spleen. A spleen can tear due to an injury to the belly or because the spleen gets larger, called splenomegaly. The rupture can cause life-threatening ...
If you have an enlarged spleen, a less forceful trauma might cause rupture. Without emergency treatment, the internal bleeding caused by a ruptured spleen can ...
An enlarged spleen is usually detected during a physical exam. Your doctor can often feel it by gently examining your left upper belly. However, in some people ...
Tests and procedures used to diagnose a ruptured spleen include: Physical exam. Your health care provider will press on your abdomen to determine the size of ...
Learn about what your spleen does and what can happen if it becomes enlarged.
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