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Symptomatic pelvic accessory spleen in a female adolescent: Case report
Author(s) -
Tendler Rene,
Farah Rola Khamise,
Kais Mohamad,
Odeh Marwan,
Bornstein Jacob
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.22448
Subject(s) - medicine , accessory spleen , asymptomatic , spleen , pelvis , pelvic pain , splenic disease , wandering spleen , abdominal pain , abdominal mass , anatomy , radiology , surgery , splenectomy
Accessory spleens are congenital foci of healthy splenic tissue that are separate from the main body of the spleen. They occur in 10–30% of individuals; a wandering accessory spleen located in the pelvis is uncommon. Most patients are asymptomatic. We describe the case of a female adolescent presenting with acute abdominal pain who had a pelvic accessory spleen that mimicked an adnexal mass. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 45 :600–602, 2017