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The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2004 Wandering spleen is a rare clinical entity, characterized by splenic hypermobility that results from elongation or maldevelopment of its suspensary ligaments. The wandering spleen is in constant danger of torsion and infarction.
Qazi Shabir +4 more
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Wandering Spleen With Torsion and Infarction: A Case Report
Radiology Case Reports, 2022 Wandering spleen, also known as ectopic spleen, is a rare condition in which the spleen's anatomical location is other than its fixed position in the abdomen's left upper quadrant.
Elliot K. Fishman
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Wandering spleen torsion with splenic vein thrombosis: A case report [PDF]
Radiology Case ReportsWandering spleen is a rare condition characterized by the absence or underdevelopment of one or all of the ligaments that hold the spleen in its normal position in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen.
Fatima Zahra Benbrahim +9 more
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Torsion of a wandering spleen [PDF]
The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2010 Wandering spleen is a rare condition defined as a mobile spleen only attached with its pedicle. It can be complicated by a volvulus, which is a surgical abdominal emergency.
El Bouhaddouti Hicham +8 more
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The Wanderer: Acute Abdomen Secondary to a Wandering Spleen [PDF]
Case Reports in RadiologyWandering spleen is a rare condition resulting from the absence or laxity of peritoneal attachments, allowing the spleen to migrate within the abdominal cavity.
Toni Lombardo +2 more
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Laparoscopic splenectomy of a wandering spleen with coincidental enormous splenomegaly
GMS Interdisciplinary Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery DGPW, 2012 Ectopy of the spleen also referred to as wandering spleen is a rare condition and preferentially treated by laparoscopic splenopexy. However, in complicated cases with torsion and consecutive infarction of the spleen splenectomy is required.
Lemke, Johannes +4 more
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Torsion of the Wandering Spleen [PDF]
Acta Medica Iranica, 2009 Wandering spleen, defined as a spleen without its usual peritoneal attachments, is a rare entity. We report a 34-year-old woman with acute abdomen due to torsion of the long vascular pedicle of a wandering spleen, displaced in the abdominal cavity, and ...
Baradaran Hossein +3 more
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Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2017 Wandering spleen with a history of omphalocele is extremely rare. We encountered a male baby with wandering spleen associated with omphalocele. This case of wandering spleen in a neonate was diagnosed by ultrasound and computed tomography scans after ...
Daisuke Masui +11 more
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Wandering spleen in a postpartum female: a case report
Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2020 Wandering spleen is a rare disease resulting from weakness or absence of the ligaments that hold the spleen in its normal position. The hormonal changes and physiologic splenomegaly that occur during pregnancy can induce ligamentous laxity of the spleen.
S. Han, S. Choi, S. Nah, G.W. Kim
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Wandering spleen: A rare entity and a diagnostic dilemma
Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, 2020 Wandering spleen refers to a spleen that is ectopic in its location contrary to a normal spleen which rests in the left hypochondrium. Although it is a rare clinical entity seen in children, it can also be rarely seen in females of reproductive age group.
Ravinder Kaur, Ashish Dua, Ashwani Dalal
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