Open AccessTorsion of a wandering spleen
Author(s) -
Hicham El Bouhaddouti,
Jihane Lamrani,
A. Louchi,
Mounia El Yousfi,
Nourdin Aqodad,
A. Ibrahimi,
M. Boubou,
Imane Kamaoui,
S. Tizniti
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.70618
Subject(s) - wandering spleen , medicine , spleen , volvulus , torsion (gastropod) , surgery , surgical emergency , infarction , splenectomy , myocardial infarction
Wandering spleen is a rare condition defined as a mobile spleen only attached with its pedicle. It can be complicated by a volvulus, which is a surgical abdominal emergency. Preventing infarction is the aim of a prompt surgery that can preserve the spleen and then proceed to splenopexy. We report a rare case of torsion of a wandering spleen associated with a dolichosigmoοd.