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Case Reports
. 1978 Feb 28;6(4):211-4.
doi: 10.1007/BF00975539.

Wandering spleen in three children

F H Bröker, K Fellows, S Treves
Case Reports

Wandering spleen in three children

F H Bröker et al. Pediatr Radiol. .

Abstract

Three children with wandering spleen are presented. Liver-spleen technetium99m sulphur colloid scintigraphy is a helpful diagnostic tool that will demonstrate the abnormally located spleen or absent splenic activity when the blood supply is interrupted by a twisted pedicle. The diagnosis can also be made by angiography, but this relatively elaborate procedure is usually not necessary. Absence of the normal ligamentous attachments of the spleen associated with a long splenic pedicle may well be the cause of the wandering spleen and its torsion.

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