RT Book, Section
A1 Wells, Robert G.
SR Print(0)
ID 1148947337
T1 The Spleen
T2 Diagnostic Imaging of Infants and Children
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071808392
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1148947337
RD 2024/04/18
AB The  spleen  develops  from  mesenchymal  cells  that  migrate  during  embryogenesis  into  the  dorsal  mesogastrium.  Spleen  development  begins  during  the  fifth  week  of  gestation.  The  mesenchymal  cells  of  the  splenic  precordium  differentiate  to  form  the  splenic  parenchyma,  the  connective  tissue  framework,  and  the  capsule.  The  mesenchymal  tissue  elements  of  the  developing  spleen  fuse  into  a  single  structure  by  the  third  gestational  month,  at  which  time  the  characteristic  lobulated  configuration  of  the  fetal  spleen  is  present.