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Torted and Ruptured Wandering Spleen Presenting as a Surgical Emergency in Pregnancy

Wandering spleen (WS) is characterised by incomplete fixation of the spleen to its supporting linorenal and gastrosplenic ligaments. It can predispose to life-threatening complications due to torsion of its vascular pedicle, splenic infarction, portal hypertension, and haemorrhage. A 27-year-old, 36...

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Autores principales: Parvaiz, A., Chandran, S., Karim, A., Kumar, K., Jeffrey, P., Lagattolla, N.R.F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5956381/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15632981
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2004.208