Open AccessTorsion of the Vascular Pedicle of A Wandering Spleen: An Unusual Cause of Intestinal Strangulation
Author(s) -
Randimbinirina Zakarimanana Lucas,
Ratsimarisolo Nathan,
Rajaonarivony Maheriandrianina Fanambina Voahary,
Ahmad Ahmad,
Ravalisoa Marie Lydia Agnès
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
european journal of clinical medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2736-5476
DOI - 10.24018/clinicmed.2021.2.2.51
Subject(s) - wandering spleen , spleen , medicine , abdomen , torsion (gastropod) , transverse colon , acute abdomen , anatomy , surgery , complication , splenectomy
Ectopic spleen is a rare splenic malformation. Apart from torsion of the vascular pedicle, a common complication, an ectopic spleen could be responsible of an acute intestinal obstruction. We report a case of an 8-year-old girl who presented an acute abdomen, following of the transverse colon strangulation by the torsion of the vascular pedicle of a wandering spleen. The patients benefited a surgical opening into the abdomen who has been confirmed the diagnosis and made a detorsion of the vascular pedicle of spleen with splenopexy.The interest of this case report lies on the rarity of a wandering spleen and on the unusual situation of transverse colon strangulation by the vascular pedicle of spleen.