Sometimes, the embryonic tissues that would become the spleen fail to fuse with one another, and as a result, the individual would have a normal spleen in its normal position, and an accessory spleen.

Also, the accessory splenic tissue can attach to the embryonic gonadal tissue and descend with it in a condition called "splenogonadal fusion".

Splenosis is when the spleen divides due to trauma and injury, and the remaining tissue grows as an accessory spleen in addition to the main one.

About 10% - 15% of the population have at least one accessory spleen. And it can be misdiagnosed as a neoplasia or a lymph node.

Splenogonadal fusion in which the spleen is attached to the left testis of a 1 year-old.

Here's this really interesting case of a 15-year-old boy who was admitted to the emergency department following blunt abdominal trauma.
The computed tomographic scan showed a traumatic rupture of the spleen and a 7-cm mass at the left side of the retroperitoneal space. Conservative treatment started and aborted after 4 h due to the onset of haemodynamic instability. Splenectomy was performed. And an accessory spleen was discovered. A second large mass in the retroperitoneum was diagnosed as a second large accessory spleen that was also left in place. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient was discharged on the 7th postoperative day. Seven months later, the CT scan showed viability of both accessory spleens.

باختصار: صار عنده splenic rupture بس طلع عنده two accessory spleens عوضن مكان الأصلي😂

The boy's accessory spleens after the original spleen ruptured:

S6 E9 of House MD shows this condition

إذا أنبأك شخصٌ بأنّ فلانًا يتحدث عنك بما يُسيء، فلا تدافع عن نفسك ضد ما قال، بل قُل: «إنّه لا يعرف بقية عيوبي، وإلا لما اقتصر على هذه»

- المُختصَر، إبكتيتوس

سر النجاح الأعظم 🤍

"An Afternoon Discussion" by Rudolf Ernst

Judas priest - Living after midnight

نرجع للبؤس

A Fallen Idol,
By John Collier

The title and the scene of this painting evoke so many questions. It tackles our instinct for gossip and wanting to know "what happened? And who's fault was it?"

أفيقا خُمارُ الهمِّ نغَّصَني الخَمرا
وسُكري من الأيامِ جَنّبَني السُكرا

تَسُرُّ خليلَيَّ المدامَةُ والذي
بقَلبيَ يَأبى أنْ أُسَرَّ كَما سُرّا

لبستُ صروفَ الدهرَ أخشَنَ ملبَسٍ
فعَرَّقنَني نابًا ومزَّقنني ظُفرا

- أبو الطيب المتنبي

لَيْسَ بَلَدٌ بأَحَقَّ بِكَ مِنْ بَلَدٍ، خَيْرُ الْبِلاَدِ مَا حَمَلَكَ

- علي بن أبي طالب (ع)