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LB22.0 category

Congenital asplenia

Definition

A condition caused by failure of the spleen to develop during the antenatal period. This condition may present with pneumococcal sepsis. Confirmation is through verification of no spleen by imaging.

Also indexed as

Aplasia of spleenCongenital absence of spleenCongenital absent spleenCongenital aplasia of spleenCongenital aspleniaCongenital splenic absenceSpleen agenesis

Nearby in Structural developmental anomalies of spleen