Acute Abdomen Due to Torsion of a Wandering Spleen in a Child

J Paediatr Child Health. 2022 Sep;58(9):1704-1705. doi: 10.1111/jpc.16124. Epub 2022 Jul 20.

Authors

Antonietta Giannattasio¹, Marco Maglione¹, Crescenzo Coppola¹, Francesca Di Candia¹, Marianna De Marco², Sonia Tamasi³, Vincenzo Tipo¹

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Emergency Unit, Santobono-Pausilipon Children's Hospital, Naples, Italy.
² Emergency Surgery Unit, Santobono-Pausilipon Children's Hospital, Naples, Italy.
³ Operative Unit of General Radiology, Santobono-Pausilipon Children's Hospital, Naples, Italy.

PMID: 35856300
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.16124

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Abdomen, Acute* / etiology
Child
Family
Humans
Splenectomy
Splenic Diseases*
Splenic Infarction*
Wandering Spleen* / diagnosis
Wandering Spleen* / diagnostic imaging