Salvage Splenopexy for Torsion of Wandering Spleen in a Child

The wandering spleen is a rare condition characterized by the absence or underdevelopment of one or all of the splenic suspensory ligaments that resulting in increased splenic mobility and rarely torsion. Preventing infarction is the aim of a prompt surgery by splenopexy. We report a case of salvage...

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Autores principales: Goyal, Ram Babu, Gupta, Rahul, Prabhakar, Girish, Mathur, Praveen, Mala, Tariq Ahmed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EL-MED-Pub 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4005091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24834385
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Sumario:The wandering spleen is a rare condition characterized by the absence or underdevelopment of one or all of the splenic suspensory ligaments that resulting in increased splenic mobility and rarely torsion. Preventing infarction is the aim of a prompt surgery by splenopexy. We report a case of salvage splenopexy in torsion of a wandering spleen in a three year old girl presented with severe abdominal pain for three days.

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