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.

The spleen is a small organ inside your left rib cage, located just above the stomach. It contains numerous blood vessels ...

A surgeon accidentally killed a patient by removing his liver instead of his spleen, a lawsuit has claimed. Beverly Bryan is suing Florida's Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast Hospital and Dr.

The bigger spleen makes more oxygen available in their blood for diving. The researchers have published their results in the academic journal Cell. Located close to the stomach, the fist-sized ...

A ruptured spleen, or splenic rupture, is when the spleen tears open. The spleen is a fist-sized organ located in the upper ...

The family of an Alabama man said 70-year-old William Bryan died after his liver was mistakenly removed during a medical procedure at a Florida hospital where Bryan went to have his spleen removed ...

William Bryan, 70, was supposed to have his spleen removed, but a surgeon took out his liver by mistake at Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast Hospital in Walton County, according to Zarzaur Law ...

He was admitted to Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast Hospital in Miramar Beach over suspected medical problems with his spleen. The Bryan family’s attorney, Joe Zarzaur in Pensacola ...

A 70-year-old Alabama man died late last month after a surgeon at a Florida hospital mistakenly removed his liver instead of his spleen, an attorney for his widow said. Muscle Shoals resident ...

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 ...