Open AccessTorsion of a wandering spleen managed conservatively: Rare and interesting
Author(s) -
Rohen Skiba,
Dhruva Ghosh,
Andrew Barker
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of indian association of pediatric surgeons
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1998-3891
pISSN - 0971-9261
DOI - 10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_216_19
Subject(s) - wandering spleen , medicine , torsion (gastropod) , spleen , surgery , splenectomy
Wandering spleen is a rare pathology. A 2-year-old child with abdominal pain was diagnosed to have a torted, avascular wandering spleen. On conservative management, she remains well with no radiological evidence of the spleen. Splenic torsion usually warrants surgery. Nonoperative management in selected cases allows the natural process of autosplenectomy.