| Description | Multiple Recent Splenic Infarct |
| Author | Department of Pathology |
| Copyright | Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine |
Specimen:
Bisected spleen.
Gross Pathology:
1. Spleen is enlarged and shows many recent infarcts.
2. The cut section shows that infarcts are pyramidal in shape, with their bases towards the surface. They are brownish in color with dark congested margins and bulging bases covered with opaque fibrin deposits (peri-splenitis).
Diagnosis:
1. Multiple recent splenic infarcts.
2. Peri-splenitis.