Original Article
Torsion of the wandering spleen
Authors:
E Kocakoc ,
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey
A Kayali,
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey
T Ozturk,
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey
F Ozturk,
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey
P Gundogan
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey
Abstract
Background: A 27-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a 2-day history of abdominal pain and vomiting. The pain was non-continuous, poorly localized, and non-colicky and non-radiating in nature. Over the prior 2 months, he reported one other similar episode that had resolved spontaneously. Physical examination revealed left upper abdominal quadrant tenderness and a palpable suprapubic mass. His vital signs were stable and laboratory findings were unremarkable. Plain film of the abdomen showed gas filled bowel loops in the splenic fossa.
Published on
01 May 2012.
Peer Reviewed
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