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An association of spleen volume and aortic diameter in patients and in mice with abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Fang-Da LiRui KangHao NieXi-Ming WangYue-Hong Zheng
Published in: BMC surgery (2017)
Mimicking the splenic pathology observed in murine AAA model, there is a strong positive correlation between spleen volume and the Dmax in male AAA patients. As Dmax is a valuable predictor of AAA rupture, the spleen enlargement may be another indicator.
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