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Wandering spleen with splenic torsion in a child with DiGeorge syndrome

Wandering spleen is a rare condition, occurring due to either abnormal development of or abnormal laxity of suspensory ligaments. The hypermobility of the spleen predisposes these patients to splenic torsion, which may be a life-threatening complication. The clinical presentation of wandering spleen...

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Autores principales: Taylor, Charlotte S., Howard-Claudio, Candace
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6698723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31440319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2019.06.018
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description Wandering spleen is a rare condition, occurring due to either abnormal development of or abnormal laxity of suspensory ligaments. The hypermobility of the spleen predisposes these patients to splenic torsion, which may be a life-threatening complication. The clinical presentation of wandering spleen varies widely from vague pain to an acute abdomen. There are numerous case reports of other congenital anomalies in children with a wandering spleen. We present a case of wandering spleen with splenic torsion in a child with DiGeorge syndrome, which to our knowledge has not been previously reported.
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spelling pubmed-66987232019-08-22 Wandering spleen with splenic torsion in a child with DiGeorge syndrome Taylor, Charlotte S. Howard-Claudio, Candace Radiol Case Rep Pediatric Wandering spleen is a rare condition, occurring due to either abnormal development of or abnormal laxity of suspensory ligaments. The hypermobility of the spleen predisposes these patients to splenic torsion, which may be a life-threatening complication. The clinical presentation of wandering spleen varies widely from vague pain to an acute abdomen. There are numerous case reports of other congenital anomalies in children with a wandering spleen. We present a case of wandering spleen with splenic torsion in a child with DiGeorge syndrome, which to our knowledge has not been previously reported. Elsevier 2019-08-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6698723/ /pubmed/31440319 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2019.06.018 Text en © 2019 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Taylor, Charlotte S.
Howard-Claudio, Candace
Wandering spleen with splenic torsion in a child with DiGeorge syndrome
title Wandering spleen with splenic torsion in a child with DiGeorge syndrome
title_full Wandering spleen with splenic torsion in a child with DiGeorge syndrome
title_fullStr Wandering spleen with splenic torsion in a child with DiGeorge syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Wandering spleen with splenic torsion in a child with DiGeorge syndrome
title_short Wandering spleen with splenic torsion in a child with DiGeorge syndrome
title_sort wandering spleen with splenic torsion in a child with digeorge syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6698723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31440319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2019.06.018
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