Your spleen, which is located in the upper-left side of your abdomen, plays an important role to your health. Not only does it filter your blood, but it also helps fight infection and maintain the ...

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.

A team of surgeons at Al Mafraq hospital saved the life of a Somali woman by removing her spleen which was the size of a "watermelon". A team of surgeons at Al Mafraq hospital saved the life of a ...

Objectives: To determine normal spleen dimensions in a healthy collegiate athletic population. Methods: 631 Division I collegiate athletes from one university participated in the study. During ...