Sarah had a preventative, elective full-body MRI that revealed a life-threatening condition, which led to her scheduling surgery to have an organ removed. Disclaimer: This story represents one woman's ...

She was expecting a thumbs up — but the MRI revealed something way worse: a splenic artery aneurysm, a rare and potentially life-threatening condition. The report noted a one-in-three mortality ...

As People reports, Sarah Blackburn ended up getting her spleen surgically removed after doctors informed her that the scan had revealed a dangerous splenic artery aneurysm. Blackburn, who ...

While surgical interventions like splenectomy remain a cornerstone of treatment, less invasive approaches such as splenic artery embolization and pharmacological management are becoming ...

When the disease affects the splenic artery or vein, the adjacent spleen is often removed. After removal of the end of the pancreas, the remaining portion of the organ functions normally by producing ...

Although the resected specimen revealed infiltration of inflammatory cells around the splenic artery, stenosis of the lumen was not detected (Fig. 5c,d). Plasmacytic infiltration was unremarkable ...