▁Many ▁conditions ▁can ▁cause ▁spl en om eg aly , ▁such ▁as ▁various ▁in fe ctions , ▁li ver ▁disease , ▁and ▁cancer . ▁ ▁S pl en ic ▁inf ar ction ▁ ▁Ab dom inal ▁pain ▁remains ▁the ▁leading ▁chief ▁compla int ▁in ▁patients ▁diagn osed ▁with ▁a ▁spl en ic ▁inf arct . ▁ ▁E valu ation ▁of ▁patients ▁who ▁present ▁with ▁ab dom inal ▁pain ▁requires ▁a ▁broad ▁differential ▁approach . ▁▁ ▁Lab ▁evaluation ▁may ▁help ▁rule ▁in ▁other ▁causes ▁of ▁ab dom inal ▁pain . ▁E lev ated ▁li ver ▁function ▁tests , ▁bil ir ub in ▁or ▁lip ase , ▁may ▁suggest ▁a ▁he pat ob ili ary ▁or ▁pan cre atic ▁source ▁for ▁pain . ▁Le uk oc yt osis ▁and ▁elev ated ▁la ct ate ▁de h ydro gen ase ▁( LD H ) ▁may ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁spl en ic ▁inf ar ction . ▁However , ▁these ▁results ▁lack ▁specific ity ▁to ▁spl en ic ▁inf arct . ▁ ▁Rad i ographic ▁testing ▁is ▁required ▁to ▁detect ▁this ▁rare ▁ill ness . ▁In ▁the ▁hyper ac ute ▁phase ▁of ▁inf ar ction , ▁ab dom inal ▁CT ▁scan ▁performed ▁with ▁int ra ven ous ▁contrast ▁is ▁the ▁imag ing ▁mod ality ▁of ▁choice ▁in ▁sus pected ▁spl en ic ▁inf ar ction . ▁S pl en ic ▁inf arct ▁appears ▁as ▁a ▁w edge - sh aped ▁area ▁of ▁spl en ic ▁t issue ▁with ▁the ▁a pe x ▁pointed ▁toward ▁the ▁hel ium ▁and