Isolation of Neisseria meningitidis from cadaveric blood.

Accessory spleen (supernumerary spleen, splenule or splenunculus) is usually a small nodule of splenic tissue found apart from the main body of the spleen. An accessory spleen is found in 10% of population [2]. They form either by the result of developmental anomalies or trauma [3]. But there is little information available about the second spleen. The typical size of an accessory spleen may vary from 1 to 3 cm and can take any shape [1]. This girl had a second spleen which is identical in size and morphology to the normal spleen.