Wandering spleen in three children
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in Pediatric Radiology
- Vol. 6 (4) , 211-214
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00975539
Abstract
Three children with wandering spleen are presented. Liver-spleen technetium99msulphur colloid scintigraphy is a helpful diagnostic tool that will demonstrate the abnormally located spleen or absent splenic activity when the blood supply is interrupted by a twisted pedicle. The diagnosis can also be made by angiography, but this relatively elaborate procedure is usually not necessary. Absence of the normal ligamentous attachments of the spleen associated with a long splenic pedicle may well be the cause of the wandering spleen and its torsion.Keywords
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