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Does A Mass On Spleen Shown Of X Ray Necessarily Mean Cancer?

What does the Spleen doe for the human female body? My friend has a mass that has recently had a X-ray . The doctor wants her to get an MRI . She and I don t know what a function the spleen does for the human body. Mass could mean Cancer ? Please help me. Lloyd Dorsey
Wed, 18 Dec 2013
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bHi. Spleen is one if the important organ of our body. it helps to produce blood cells and fight against infection in the body. this is a important defence system in the body against infection. Enlarged spleen can be caused due to many reasons. it's very unlikely that it could be cancer. most of the time it could be because of infection. but you can get enlarged spleen in blood .cancer and lymphoma. but you have said there is mass in spleen ,if it's not enlarged but there some mass in normal spleen, then it needs to be investigated. I recommend you to undergo MRI scan, it would help you to find the cause for mass in spleen. based on that further management could be done. Thank you.
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Does A Mass On Spleen Shown Of X Ray Necessarily Mean Cancer?

bHi. Spleen is one if the important organ of our body. it helps to produce blood cells and fight against infection in the body. this is a important defence system in the body against infection. Enlarged spleen can be caused due to many reasons. it s very unlikely that it could be cancer. most of the time it could be because of infection. but you can get enlarged spleen in blood .cancer and lymphoma. but you have said there is mass in spleen ,if it s not enlarged but there some mass in normal spleen, then it needs to be investigated. I recommend you to undergo MRI scan, it would help you to find the cause for mass in spleen. based on that further management could be done. Thank you.