Spleen May Help Heart Recover From Disease

Though its reputation doesn’t rank down there with the appendix, the spleen isn’t exactly known as a vital organ. In fact, plenty of people do fine without it.
But new research suggests the spleen plays a bigger role in the immune system than previously thought.
In mice, scientists found, the spleen serves as a home for a [...]

PALE INFARCT SPLEEN

Spleen is one of the common sites for infarction.
CAUSES:

occlusion of splenic artery or its branches (most commonly)
thromboemboli arising in heart (eg.mural thrombi in left atrium ,vegetative endocarditis,myocardial infarction)
obstruction of microcirculation (less frequent)

GROSSLY:
Splenic infarcts are often Multiple.they are characteristically pale or anaemic.it is Wedge shape the margin of infarct is congested tan ,with their [...]