La Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica (Dec 2016)

Wandering spleen with a ten-time twisted vascular pedicle

  • Marta Peretti,
  • Arianna Mariotto,
  • Gabriella Scirè,
  • Elisa Pani,
  • Silvia Zambaldo,
  • Sanzio Bianchi,
  • Francesco Saverio Camoglio,
  • Luca Giacomello

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2016.119
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 38, no. 3

Abstract

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Torsion of a wandering spleen is a rare cause of acute abdomen in children, usually diagnosed with color-Doppler ultrasonography and enhanced computed tomography. We report a pediatric case of torsion of wandering spleen.

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