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Type of Article : Case Report

Year: 2014 | Volume 2 | Issue 4 | Page No. 681-683

Date of Publication: 30-11-2014

DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2014.524

PRESENCE OF AN UNUSUAL FISSURE ON THE DIAPHRAGMATIC SURFACE OF SPLEEN

Rani Nallathamby *¹, Ramakrishna Avadhani ², Meera Jacob ³, Meril Ann Soman ⁴.

*¹ Post-graduate student, Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
² HOD, Department of Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
³ Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
⁴ Post-graduate student, Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.

Address: Dr. Rani Nallathamby, Post-graduate student, Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya Medical College, Deralakkatte, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
E-Mail: raniboban@yahoo.com 

Abstract

Spleen is the largest lymphoid organ of the body. Variations in the diaphragmatic surface of spleen are extremely rare which makes it significant. We observed an unusual fissure on the diaphragmatic surface of the spleen during routine dissection. Knowledge of this variation of spleen is important for radiologists, surgeons, clinicians and anatomists.
KEY WORDS: Spleen, Fissure, Diaphragmatic surface.

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Rani Nallathamby, Ramakrishna Avadhani, Meera Jacob, Meril Ann Soman. PRESENCE OF AN UNUSUAL FISSURE ON THE DIAPHRAGMATIC SURFACE OF SPLEEN. Int J Anat Res 2014;2(4):681-683. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2014.524