For stage 2 CLL, in addition to high lymphocyte levels in the blood, the liver or spleen is enlarged. Lymph nodes may or may not be enlarged as well. Red blood cell and platelet levels are at ...

Don't worry about it. Check this out. The spleen's that soft, purple organ located right behind the stomach and under the lungs. It's about five inches wide and weighs about six ounces.

4 Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA 5 Department of Family Medicine/Sports Medicine, University of Kentucky Objectives: To ...

In cases of cancer, the tumor often invades the splenic artery or vein. In addition, cancers in this location can spread to the lymph nodes in the hilum of the spleen. For these reasons, it is ...

Mucosal interferon-γ (IFNγ), specific splenocyte proliferation, and spleen and intestinal intraepithelial lymphocyte (IEL) phenotype were analyzed. No diarrhea was observed in any inoculated Ws.