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- Title
Vanishing spleen syndrome post right partial nephrectomy in a sicklemic patient.
- Authors
Khan, Khuram; Leroux, Ofelia; Saeed, Saqib; Iqbal, Farhana; Ahmed, Leaque; Davis-Joseph, Brian
- Abstract
Splenic infarction after contralateral laparoscopic renal surgery has not, to our knowledge, been reported. The spleen is the most affected organ in sickle cell disease and the mechanism of auto infarction is thought to result from the crystallization of abnormal hemoglobin during periods of hypoxia or acidosis resulting in parenchymal ischemia and ultimately tissue necrosis. We report a case of 45 year old female with sickle cell disease who had an unremarkable spleen at the time of a laparoscopic right partial nephrectomy and was subsequently found to have marked diminution in her splenic volume.
- Subjects
NEPHRECTOMY; SICKLE cell anemia treatment; LAPAROSCOPIC surgery
- Publication
Pan African Medical Journal, 2018, Vol 30, p1
- ISSN
1937-8688
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11604/pamj.2018.30.211.15454