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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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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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The method of tissue culture (mainly of the bone marrow) and a simple method of observing living tissue [PDF]
, 1956 Our methods of tissue culture of the bone marrow, lymphnodes, and peripheral blood were described. Furthermore, for the purpose of promoting wide clinical application of bone marrow tissue culture, our simple vital inspection method was also stated.
Hiraki, Kiyoshi +2 more
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Hijacking emergency granulopoiesis: Neutrophil ontogeny and reprogramming in cancer
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Neutrophils are highly plastic innate immune cells; their functions in cancer extend beyond the tumour microenvironment. This Review summarises current understanding of neutrophil maturation and heterogeneity and highlights tumour‐induced granulopoiesis as a systemic programme that expands immature, immunosuppressive neutrophils via tumour‐derived ...
Gabriela Marinescu, Yi Feng
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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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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.We first identified functional murine mitochondrial N‐formyl peptides (MT‐FPs) and investigated their effects on the in vitro myeloid‐derived suppressor cell (MDSC) generation from bone marrow cells. We demonstrated that MT‐FPs acted directly on bone marrow cells to promote MDSC generation and modulated the polymorphonuclear (PMN)‐MDSC/monocyte (M ...
Miyako Ozawa +2 more
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Wandering spleen-a possible cause of adrenal ”mass“-case report [PDF]
, 2021 Wandering spleen is a very rare clinical condition character-ized by spleen absence in the normal anatomical location in the upper left quadrant of the abdomen and its presence at another location in the abdomen or pelvis. The ectopic spleen is extremely
Folic, Nevena +8 more
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