Hypertrophied Wandering Spleen with Ascites. Treatment. Recovery

طحال سرگردان Wandering Spleen

Wandering spleen is a rare condition , which is characterized by excessive mobility of spleen , due to absence or lack of its suspensor ligaments , in which the spleen migrate from it’s normal position (left upper abdomen) to lower abdomen , and even into pelvis. The case was a 94-year young woman , admitted to Imam Khomeini Hospital with colic abdominal pain , without any previous history...

Torsion chronique d'une rate baladeuse chez un adolescent: à propos d'un cas

Wandering or migrating spleen is a rare anomaly which is usually described in children. Complications, which include pedicle torsion, are common and can be life-threatening. We report the case of a 17 year-old patient with a long past medical history of epigastric pain suffering from wandering spleen with chronic torsion of the pedicle. The clinical picture was marked by spontaneously painful e...

Wandering Spleen with Venous Aneurysm as the Cause of Recurrent Abdominal Pain and Thrombocytopenia

Wandering Spleen and Portal Hypertension: A Vicious Interplay

A 55-year-old woman presented with recurrent abdominal pain, a lump in her abdomen, and vomiting. In the previous 10 years, she required multiple hospital admissions for pain. Examination revealed pallor and a lump (20 cm 15 cm) extending from left hypochondrium to left iliac region. Labs showed hemoglobin 7.8 g/dL, platelet count 5,100 cells/mm, and serum protein/ albumin 6.7/3.4 g/dL; the res...

Wandering spleen: Report of two cases

Wandering spleen is a rare clinical condition which presents with a variety of symptoms with abdominal pain, abdominal mass, and acute abdomen. It may also remain silent until diagnosed by a routine imaging study. Treatment options may differ depending on the presenting clinical picture. Herein we present two cases of wandering spleen treated by splenectomy, with one of them admitted to our eme...