Wandering spleen: a unique cause of acute abdomen

We present the case of a 16-year-old boy presented with 2-week episode of wor-sening lower abdominal pain. Clinically, there was a tender palpable mass on the suprapubic region. Ultrasonography showed an absent spleen at its usual area, instead suprapubic mass suggestive of ectopic spleen was identi...

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Main Authors: Ho Hui Lian, Firdaus Hayati, Aishath Azna Ali, Nornazirah Azizan, Mohd Firdaus Che An, Muhammad Aznan Suhail, Andee Dzulkarnaen Zakaria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wydawnictwo Via Medica 2018
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Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22404/1/Wandering%20spleen.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22404/
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Summary:We present the case of a 16-year-old boy presented with 2-week episode of wor-sening lower abdominal pain. Clinically, there was a tender palpable mass on the suprapubic region. Ultrasonography showed an absent spleen at its usual area, instead suprapubic mass suggestive of ectopic spleen was identified. An emer-gency laparotomy revealed a congested spleen in the pelvic cavity. Splenectomy was undertaken as it was non-viable. The patient was discharged uneventfully with triple vaccinations. We describe this unique entity with its literature review. (Folia Morphol 2018; 77, 2: 400-402).