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Hicham El Bouhaddouti | Zendy; J Lamrani | Zendy; Abdellatif Louchi | Zendy; Mounia El Yousfi | Zendy; N. Aqodad | Zendy; A. Ibrahimi | Zendy; M. Boubou | Zendy; Imane Kamaoui | Zendy; S. Tizniti | Zendy

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Torsion of a wandering spleen

Author(s) -

Hicham El Bouhaddouti,

J Lamrani,

Abdellatif Louchi,

Mounia El Yousfi,

N. Aqodad,

A. Ibrahimi,

M. Boubou,

Imane Kamaoui,

S. Tizniti

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

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 , spleen , torsion (gastropod) , medicine , volvulus , surgery , infarction , myocardial infarction , splenectomy

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.

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