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1: J Pediatr Surg. 2008 May;43(5):E23-5.Click here to read Links

Familial wandering spleen: a first instance.

Ben Ely A, Seguier E, Lotan G, Strauss S, Gayer G.

Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zrifin 70300, Israel. liogonky@yahoo.com

We report on 2 sisters presenting with acute torsion of a wandering spleen within a 3-year interval. The diagnosis was made preoperatively by computed tomography (CT) in both cases. A high index of suspicion because of our experience with the first patient, who underwent splenectomy, enabled a correct early diagnosis in the sibling. On urgent surgery, reversible ischemic changes were found, and detorsion and splenopexy resulted in preservation of the spleen.

PMID: 18485931 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]