We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Acute abdomen due to torsion of the wandering spleen: A rare clinical presentation.
- Authors
Kafadar, Mehmet Tolga; Daduk, Yıldıray; Karakoç, Murat
- Abstract
Wandering spleen is defined as the spleen that is not in its normal anatomic position due to the absence or laxity of suspensory ligaments. Congenital and acquired factors play a role in its etiology. It is a rare condition and may cause life-threatening complications as torsion or infarction. Rarely, patients may present to the emergency department with an acute abdomen. They may also present with chronic abdominal pain or intraabdominal mass. Given that its clinical diagnosis is difficult to make, radiological studies have an important role for an accurate diagnosis. In this paper, we presented a 24-year-old patient with torsion of a wandering spleen who presented with an acute abdomen and underwent laparoscopic splenectomy under urgent conditions.
- Subjects
ACUTE abdomen; LAPAROSCOPIC surgery; RARE diseases; SPLEEN; SPLEEN diseases; SPLENECTOMY; TORSION abnormality (Anatomy); DISEASE complications
- Publication
Turkish Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery / Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi, 2021, Vol 27, Issue 1, p154
- ISSN
1306-696X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14744/tjtes.2020.00734