Torsion of a Wandering Spleen

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. Preventing infarction is the aim of a prompt surgery that can preserve the spleen and then proceed to splenopexy. We report a...

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Autores principales: El Bouhaddouti, Hicham, Lamrani, Jihane, Louchi, Abdellatif, El Yousfi, Mounia, Aqodad, Noureddine, Ibrahimi, Adil, Boubou, Meriem, Kamaoui, Imane, Tizniti, Siham
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2995100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20871196
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.70618
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author El Bouhaddouti, Hicham
Lamrani, Jihane
Louchi, Abdellatif
El Yousfi, Mounia
Aqodad, Noureddine
Ibrahimi, Adil
Boubou, Meriem
Kamaoui, Imane
Tizniti, Siham
author_facet El Bouhaddouti, Hicham
Lamrani, Jihane
Louchi, Abdellatif
El Yousfi, Mounia
Aqodad, Noureddine
Ibrahimi, Adil
Boubou, Meriem
Kamaoui, Imane
Tizniti, Siham
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description 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. Preventing infarction is the aim of a prompt surgery that can preserve the spleen and then proceed to splenopexy. We report a rare case of torsion of a wandering spleen associated with a dolichosigmoïd.
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spelling pubmed-29951002010-12-14 Torsion of a Wandering Spleen El Bouhaddouti, Hicham Lamrani, Jihane Louchi, Abdellatif El Yousfi, Mounia Aqodad, Noureddine Ibrahimi, Adil Boubou, Meriem Kamaoui, Imane Tizniti, Siham Saudi J Gastroenterol Case Report 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. Preventing infarction is the aim of a prompt surgery that can preserve the spleen and then proceed to splenopexy. We report a rare case of torsion of a wandering spleen associated with a dolichosigmoïd. Medknow Publications 2010-10 /pmc/articles/PMC2995100/ /pubmed/20871196 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.70618 Text en © Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Lamrani, Jihane
Louchi, Abdellatif
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Ibrahimi, Adil
Boubou, Meriem
Kamaoui, Imane
Tizniti, Siham
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2995100/
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