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Torsion of spleen and portal hypertension: Pathophysiology and clinical implications

The displacement of spleen from its normal location to other places is known as wandering spleen (WS) and is a rare disease. The repeated torsion of WS is due to the presence of long pedicle and absence/laxity of anchoring ligaments. A WS is an extremely rare cause of left-sided portal hypertension...

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Autores principales: Jha, Ashish Kumar, Bhagwat, Sameer, Dayal, Vishwa Mohan, Suchismita, Arya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8326160/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34367498
http://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v13.i7.774