She presented with prolonged fever and respiratory distress. Although broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy had initially been administered, the patient had clinically deteriorated. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Any fever of greater than 101F must be reported to your primary care physician. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to ask any member of Children's Pediatric Surgery Team, Drs. [childrenshospitaloakland.org]

It may begin abruptly with slight sore throat, fever, and "feeling or looking sick," proceed to headache, vomiting, and hyperpyrexia; and be followed within a few hours by convulsions or coma and death. [pediatrics.aappublications.org]

Indications to perform a splenectomy were trauma (n 42), Hodgkin lymphoma (n 24), hereditary spherocytosis (n 21), and immune thrombocytopenia (n 26). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In some situations the spleen is diseased (Hodgkin’s lymphoma, splenic cysts or abscesses) or injured (trauma) whereas in other situations the spleen is removing more blood cells than it should (certain leukemias and lymphomas, certain blood clotting [evergreenhealth.com]

Staging for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (cancer originating in the lymph node)- surgeons will sometimes remove the spleen to determine the extent of involvement and plan of treatment. [laparoscopicexperts.com]

EPS was attempted in 12 children for various conditions: giant epithelial cyst (n 6), hypersplenism and metabolic disease (n 4), pseudotumor (n 1), and abscess (n 1). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In the first month of ruxolitinib treatment, the patient became transfusion-free and all constitutional symptoms disappeared. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This technique was used in a 15 years old female with epigastric and left upper quadrant pain. An abdominal ultrasound demonstrated a giant cyst located in the spleen. Laboratory tests findings were normal. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In hypotensive patients, the short gastric vessels usually do not bleed, nor does the splenic bed. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Cardiac complications: Hypotension may develop post-operatively if there is ongoing unrecognized bleeding. [cancertherapyadvisor.com]

Thrombosis is the most common complication of thrombocytosis, which can be particularly damaging to reattached digits. We present a guideline about digital replantation when thrombocytosis is expected. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

For example, Rostagno et al 12 described a patient who suffered CTEPH associated with long standing thrombocytosis but, when the thrombocytosis was treated, there was improvement in both the clinical state and in the pulmonary haemodynamics. [thorax.bmj.com]

To identify the patients who will develop severe thrombocytosis postoperatively, one has to consider the preoperative platelet count because it proved to be the most reliable predictor of postsplenectomy thrombocytosis. [archsurg.jamanetwork.com]

Splenectomy patients typically have Howell-Jolly bodies and less commonly Heinz bodies in their blood smears. [en.wikipedia.org]

Often, Howell-Jolly bodies on peripheral blood film give an important clue to diagnosing hyposplenism. Bone marrow transplantation: splenic irradiation or chronic graft-versus-host disease. [patient.info]

In this patient, the absence of splenic function was confirmed by the finding of increased circulating pitted red cells and Howell-Jolly bodies. [doi.org]

Its “pitting” function removes cellular inclusions like Heinz and Howell Jolly bodies without destruction of erythrocytes. The spleen is the largest reservoir and disposal site for blood platelets ( Uranüs 1995 ). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The reticulocyte count decreased significantly from 523   442   10 9 /L before surgery to 267   130   10 9 /L at 6 to 18 months after surgery (31 children) ( P 9 /L [12 children] at 3 to 4 years; 425   194   10 9 /L [8 children] at 5 to 6 years; 327    [doi.org]