A 73 year old woman suffers a severe cerebral hemorrhageafter a minoe trauma. Blood work reveals that her clotting ablity is imparied. Disease of which abdominal organ may contriute to this ?

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A 73 year old woman suffers a severe cerebral hemorrhageafter a minoe trauma. Blood work reveals that her clotting ablity is imparied.  Disease of which abdominal organ may contriute to this ?

My answer is the spleen

msp · Answer

I believe this would be the liver, where clotting factors are produced. The spleen is more responsible for immunity. You can double check to be sure.