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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.

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]