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What are common causes of granulomatous calcifications in the spleen?

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Calcifications: The spleen filters a lot of blood and with that, a multitude of infectious material, since the spleen is part of the immune system. Many causes of calcifications but common ones are old infection, clusters of old cells, injury to the spleen or vascular beds themselves, etc..

Answered 3/24/2021

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