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Wandering spleen with torsion presenting as acute abdomen
Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, 2018 Wandering spleen is a rare condition resulting from laxity of the suspensory ligaments of the spleen which predisposes it to torsion. We present a 24-year-old female who presented with acute abdominal pain due to torsion of the wandering spleen.
Puneet Mittal, Ranjana Gupta
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Torsion of a wandering spleen managed conservatively: Rare and interesting
Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, 2020 Wandering spleen is a rare pathology. A 2-year-old child with abdominal pain was diagnosed to have a torted, avascular wandering spleen. On conservative management, she remains well with no radiological evidence of the spleen.
Rohen Skiba +2 more
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Frontiers in Surgery, 2022 Wandering spleen is a rare disease that is easily misdiagnosed. When combined with splenic pedicle torsion and even splenic infarction, wandering spleen is a rare and critical cause of surgical acute abdomen.
Shengjie Zhao +5 more
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Torsion of a wandering spleen, a rare cause of acute abdomen: A case report
International journal of surgery case reportsIntroduction “Wandering spleen” a condition in which the spleen's suspensory ligaments are under developed or slack is characterized mainly by splenic hypermobility and loss of fixation.
Halid Melkamu +5 more
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A Perspectival Account of Acedia in the Writings of Kierkegaard [PDF]
, 2020 Søren Kierkegaard is well-known as an original philosophical thinker, but less known is his reliance upon and development of the Christian tradition of the Seven Deadly Sins, in particular the vice of acedia, or sloth.
Brandt, Jared +2 more
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Torsion of wandering spleen presenting as acute abdomen: A case report
Asian Journal of Medical SciencesWandering spleen is a very rare condition characterized by the absence or weakness of one or more ligaments holding the spleen in its normal position. “Acquired” wandering spleen may occur during adulthood due to injuries or other underlying conditions ...
Surya Prakash +4 more
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Wandering spleen: A common presentation of an uncommon anomaly [PDF]
, 2009 Background: With the advent of real time ultrasonography of the abdomen, the spleen is no longer an inaccessible organ. Wandering spleen is a rare entity with only less than 500 cases reported so far.
Imo, AO, Ogbonna, CO, Ugwu , AC
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Torção de baço flutuante. Uma situação rara de dor abdominal.
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 1992 Wandering spleen is uncommon and of difficult diagnosis. New Imaging Modalities (Eco; TC), can suggest or confirm the preoperative diagnosis of wandering spleen, permitting conservative surgery, mainly in children. We report two cases of wandering spleen.
J Risques +3 more
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Our Impressive Immune System: More Than a Defense [PDF]
, 2014 Most likely the immune system was put into place in the original human body design. We know from Exodus 20:11 and other verses that God completed His work of creation in six days.
Conrad, Jason, Gillen, Alan L.
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Acute Torsion of Wandering Spleen: Report of One Case
Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2009 Wandering spleen is a rare condition that can lead to splenic infarction or rupture if torsion persists. Early diagnosis and intervention are necessary, and abdominal ultrasonography and abdominal computed tomography are well accepted as the most useful ...
Chi-Hone Lien +4 more
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