Original Article
Torsion of the wandering spleen
Authors:
- E KocakocEmail E Kocakoc
- A Kayali
- T Ozturk
- F Ozturk
- P Gundogan
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.
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- Year: 2012
- Volume: 95 Issue: 3
- Page/Article: 148-149
- DOI: 10.5334/jbr-btr.592
- Published on 1 May 2012
- Peer Reviewed