Affiliation:
1. Surgical Department, Nicosia General Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus
Abstract
Abstract
Wandering spleen is a rare emergency condition1,2 in which the spleen is characterized by a long vascular pedicle, displacement from its normal position and quite often devoid of its peritoneal ligaments. It is usually asymptomatic or may present with a shifting mass in the abdomen with abdominal heaviness, vague gastrointestinal disturbance and sometimes with hypersplenism or as an emergency condition due to torsion3.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
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