Wandering spleen with chronic torsion - 20/08/11
, Kazuhiko Yoshida, M.D., Hiroaki Shiba, M.D., Ph.D., Susumu Kobayashi, M.D., Katsuhiko Yanaga, M.D.Abstract |
Wandering spleen, a rare clinical entity with a high incidence of splenic torsion and infarction, was preoperatively diagnosed in a 28-year-old woman. Axial computed tomography showed the absence of the spleen in the left subphrenic space and a spleen-like mass in the pelvis, suggestive of a wandering spleen. A coronal contrast-enhanced computed tomography image exhibited the enlarged spleen suspended by elongated, dilated, and somewhat tortuous splenic vessels. Owing to the symptomatic splenomegaly with hypersplenism and chronic torsion, laparoscopic splenectomy was performed.
Il testo completo di questo articolo è disponibile in PDF.Keywords : Wandering spleen, Chronic torsion, Laparoscopic splenectomy
Vol 195 - N° 4
P. 504-505 - aprile 2008 Ritorno al numeroBenvenuto su EM|consulte, il riferimento dei professionisti della salute.
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