Abstract
To understand the peritoneal attachments of the spleen and their surgical applications, the embryologic changes which take place must be understood. The stomach (before rotation) is attached posteriorly by a dorsal mesogastrium and anteriorly by a ventral mesogastrium (Fig. 459 A). The spleen originates as a localized cellular collection in the left layer of the dorsal mesogastrium. These cellular collections fuse with one another to form a lobulated spleen, the notch or notches of which are the only surface traces of lobulation in the adult organ.
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Thorek, P. (1985). Spleen. In: Anatomy in Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8286-7_26
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