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. 2008 Oct;23(4):287-8.

Splenic torsion

Sabah Moosa Alshukry  1
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Splenic torsion

Sabah Moosa Alshukry. Oman Med J. 2008 Oct.

Abstract

A young male presented with acute abdominal pain of 4 days. Treated as appendicular mass, which did not responds to conservative management. Ultra Sound scan and CT abdomen failed to give a definite diagnosis of the tender fixed mass in lower abdomen. Laparotomy proved the mass to be an engorged large spleen twisted on its long vascular pedicle, the ischemic spleen adherent to bowel loops and posterior peritoneum. Splenectomy performed. Postoperative reactionary hemorrhage required re-exploration and clearance of clots. Patient had uneventful recovery.

Keywords: Abdomen; Torsion.Acute; Wandering Spleen.

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Figure 1
The twisted pedicle and the two lobules of the tail of the pancreas across the transverse colon delivered through the wound just below the umbilicus
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