Wandering Spleen as a Cause of Acute Abdomen: A Surgical Conundrum from Acute Appendicitis to Splenic Torsion and Ischemic Small Bowel Volvulus

• Main Authors: Fatimah Najid, Sanjeev Sandrasecra, Mohd Zuki Asyraf, Chang, Haur Lee, Firdaus Hayati, Nornazirah Azizan, Andee Dzulkarnaen Zakaria
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25093/7/Wandering%20Spleen%20as%20a%20Cause%20of%20Acute%20Abdomen_A%20Surgical%20Conundrum%20from%20Acute%20Appendicitis%20to%20Splenic%20Torsion%20and%20Ischemic%20Small%20Bowel%20Volvulus.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25093/

Wandering spleen is renowned as a surgical enigma due to its diverse presentations. Due to lack of its attaching ligaments which would usually place it at the left hypochondrium region, the spleen ‘wanders’ and may be located anywhere within the abdominal cavity. This condition has been associated w...