Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Key Takeaways The spleen helps protect your body from bacteria by filtering blood ...

Splenic vein thrombosis is a blockage in the splenic vein due to a blood clot. The splenic vein carries blood away from the spleen and parts of the stomach and pancreas. The spleen is an organ that ...

Spleen is the biggest lymphatic organ in the body and its major roles are to create blood (hematopoiesis), to store blood, to filter the blood and to generate immunological responses. The spleen’s ...

All types of leukemia can lead to an enlarged spleen, but it generally occurs more frequently in chronic leukemias. Chronic leukemias develop slowly compared with acute leukemias which grow fast. In ...