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Acute abdomen due to an infarction of wandering spleen: case report

Wandering spleen is a rare condition characterized by the absence or underdevelopment of one or all spleen ligaments that fixate the spleen in the left upper quadrant. Many different terms refer to wandering spleen like dislocated spleen, ectopic spleen and displaced spleen. We report in this case a...

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Autores principales: Assaf, Ragheb, Shebli, Baraa, Alzahran, Ayham, Rahmeh, Ahmad Rami, Mansour, Ali, Hamza, Rama, Alaasy Alkushti, Ehab, Ayoub, Kusay
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Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7024078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32082535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz378
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author Assaf, Ragheb
Shebli, Baraa
Alzahran, Ayham
Rahmeh, Ahmad Rami
Mansour, Ali
Hamza, Rama
Alaasy Alkushti, Ehab
Ayoub, Kusay
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Shebli, Baraa
Alzahran, Ayham
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Mansour, Ali
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description Wandering spleen is a rare condition characterized by the absence or underdevelopment of one or all spleen ligaments that fixate the spleen in the left upper quadrant. Many different terms refer to wandering spleen like dislocated spleen, ectopic spleen and displaced spleen. We report in this case a 13-year-old Syrian girl presented to the emergency department complaining of acute generalized abdominal pain with fever, anorexia and vomiting started 2 days prior to presentation. A splenectomy was performed, with uneventful postsurgical follow-up. Wandering spleen is prone to torsion and infarction resulting in acute abdomen and a life-threatening condition with high mortality rate reaching 50%. We advise the investigation of any recurrent episodes of chronic pain keeping up within mind this diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-70240782020-02-20 Acute abdomen due to an infarction of wandering spleen: case report Assaf, Ragheb Shebli, Baraa Alzahran, Ayham Rahmeh, Ahmad Rami Mansour, Ali Hamza, Rama Alaasy Alkushti, Ehab Ayoub, Kusay J Surg Case Rep Case Report Wandering spleen is a rare condition characterized by the absence or underdevelopment of one or all spleen ligaments that fixate the spleen in the left upper quadrant. Many different terms refer to wandering spleen like dislocated spleen, ectopic spleen and displaced spleen. We report in this case a 13-year-old Syrian girl presented to the emergency department complaining of acute generalized abdominal pain with fever, anorexia and vomiting started 2 days prior to presentation. A splenectomy was performed, with uneventful postsurgical follow-up. Wandering spleen is prone to torsion and infarction resulting in acute abdomen and a life-threatening condition with high mortality rate reaching 50%. We advise the investigation of any recurrent episodes of chronic pain keeping up within mind this diagnosis. Oxford University Press 2020-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7024078/ /pubmed/32082535 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz378 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2019. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Assaf, Ragheb
Shebli, Baraa
Alzahran, Ayham
Rahmeh, Ahmad Rami
Mansour, Ali
Hamza, Rama
Alaasy Alkushti, Ehab
Ayoub, Kusay
Acute abdomen due to an infarction of wandering spleen: case report
title Acute abdomen due to an infarction of wandering spleen: case report
title_full Acute abdomen due to an infarction of wandering spleen: case report
title_fullStr Acute abdomen due to an infarction of wandering spleen: case report
title_full_unstemmed Acute abdomen due to an infarction of wandering spleen: case report
title_short Acute abdomen due to an infarction of wandering spleen: case report
title_sort acute abdomen due to an infarction of wandering spleen: case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7024078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32082535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz378
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