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- Spleen: located in abdomen
- Function: destroys old red blood cells and holds a reservoir of blood
- Lacerated spleen usually the result of blunt abdominal trauma
- Lacerated spleen: the organ is compressed against the lower ribs
- Result: partial tears in the organ
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April 30, 2008: Ice Hockey star Sean Avery of the New York Rangers was hospitalized with a lacerated spleen. He acquired the injury during a second-round game loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. The New York Rangers lost the game.
Initial reports suggested that Avery had suffered a cardiac arrest just hours after the Rangers lost the game.
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