Splenomegaly: Tuberculoma of Spleen. Benign Hypertension

Laparoscopic splenectomy of a wandering spleen with coincidental enormous splenomegaly

Ectopy of the spleen also referred to as wandering spleen is a rare condition and preferentially treated by laparoscopic splenopexy. However, in complicated cases with torsion and consecutive infarction of the spleen splenectomy is required. Performing the splenectomy of a wandering spleen laparoscopically has already been reported as a save therapeutic option. However, open splenectomy is usua...

Gaucher Splenomegaly: Diagnosed by Spleen Puncture before Operation

Splenomegaly and left sided portal hypertension

Results: Thirty four out of 53 patients of the study, underwent both endoscopy and US investigations, 9 underwent endoscopy only and 10 underwent only US examination. Fourteen out of 34 patients (i.e. 43%) had endoscopic findings of varices or congestive gastropathy and 15 out of 34 (i.e. 44%) had abnormal circulation around the spleen in the ultrasound examination. Among the 19 patients who un...

Is "benign intracranial hypertension" really benign?

Hypothalamic-hypophyseal insufficiency has been found in seven of eight patients with so-called benign intracranial hypertension, of whom four showed an inadequate adrenal response to stress. The syndrome of benign intracranial hypertension cannot therefore be considered entirely benign and patients should receive full endocrinological assessment and follow up.

Benign Intracranial Hypertension

Grant, D. N. (1971). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 46, 651. Benign intracranial hypertension: a review of 79 cases in infancy and childhood. An analysis is presented of 79 children under the age of 15 years suffering from benign intracranial hypertension. The commonest predisposing factor was chronic middle-ear disease which was found in 39%. Headache was the presenting symptom in 57% follo...