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Actions	Liver, cirrhosis and Spleen, splenomegaly Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberGC.14585 TitleLiver, cirrhosis and Spleen, splenomegaly CreatorWestern General Hospital Collection DescriptionLiver and spleen in section. From a man aged 45 years admitted to hospital with a hepatic precoma who died the next day. He had been admited for treatment of cirrhosis in hospital twice previously. The liver shows well marked cirrhosis and the variation in size of the nodules suggests that it is of post-necrotic type. On the cut surface the hyperplastic nodules are set in vascular scar tissue. The spleen was 5 times the normal weight and the wrinkling of its surface suggests that it was probably even larger before the oesophageal haemorrhage. The normal weight ratio of the liver to spleen is 10:1 but in advanced cases of cirrhosis the spleen may attain equity. Production placeWestern General Hospital, Edinburgh Production date Precise 1961-08-14 - 1961-08-14 Production periodTwentieth century, mid Object nameLIVER, SPLEEN Object categoryAnatomical, specimen Dimensions Jar Height: 28.1 cm Width: 29.4 cm Depth: 8.1 cm

Object numberGC.14585

TitleLiver, cirrhosis and Spleen, splenomegaly

CreatorWestern General Hospital Collection

DescriptionLiver and spleen in section. From a man aged 45 years admitted to hospital with a hepatic precoma who died the next day. He had been admited for treatment of cirrhosis in hospital twice previously. The liver shows well marked cirrhosis and the variation in size of the nodules suggests that it is of post-necrotic type. On the cut surface the hyperplastic nodules are set in vascular scar tissue. The spleen was 5 times the normal weight and the wrinkling of its surface suggests that it was probably even larger before the oesophageal haemorrhage. The normal weight ratio of the liver to spleen is 10:1 but in advanced cases of cirrhosis the spleen may attain equity.

Production placeWestern General Hospital, Edinburgh

Production date Precise 1961-08-14 - 1961-08-14

Production periodTwentieth century, mid

Object nameLIVER, SPLEEN

Object categoryAnatomical, specimen

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