Affiliation:
1. Department of Surgery, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
Abstract
Abstract
Eleven cases of wandering spleen are described of which 8 were in children. Six patients presented with a chronic abdominal mass and 5 with acute torsion. In the chronic case the diagnosis may be clarified by the use of radioactive 51 Cr, and the plain abdominal X-ray is of value in chronic and acute presentations. Splenectomy is required for all acute cases but a technique for preservation of the spleen is feasible in the chronic case. The condition may arise from association of splenomegaly and maldevelopment of the dorsal mesogastrium.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
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