An Unexpected Acute Abdomen Case: Torsion of a Wandering Spleen Treated with Splenopexy
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چکیده
Wandering spleen is a rare condition that results from the absence or looseness of hanging ligaments keep in its normal anatomical location. It can lead to acute abdomen with torsion and infarction splenic pedicle. In this article, we present patient who came hospital grievance severe abdominal pain was diagnosed wandering spleen. The treated splenopexy. Although it case, should also be think differential diagnosis abdomen.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of emergency medicine case reports
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2149-9934']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33706/jemcr.811390