Wandering spleen with a ten-time twisted vascular pedicle

Marta Peretti; Arianna Mariotto; Gabriella ScirÃ¨; Elisa Pani; Silvia Zambaldo; Sanzio Bianchi; Francesco Saverio Camoglio; Luca Giacomello

doi:10.4081/pmc.2016.119

Case Reports Open access

Wandering spleen with a ten-time twisted vascular pedicle

Authors

Marta Peretti – articles in this journal Paediatric Surgery Unit, Surgery, Dentistry, Paediatrics and Gynaecology Department, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Arianna Mariotto – articles in this journal Paediatric Surgery Unit, Surgery, Dentistry, Paediatrics and Gynaecology Department, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Gabriella ScirÃ¨ – articles in this journal Paediatric Surgery Unit, Surgery, Dentistry, Paediatrics and Gynaecology Department, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Elisa Pani – articles in this journal Paediatric Surgery Unit, Surgery, Dentistry, Paediatrics and Gynaecology Department, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Silvia Zambaldo – articles in this journal Paediatric Surgery Unit, Surgery, Dentistry, Paediatrics and Gynaecology Department, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Sanzio Bianchi – articles in this journal Paediatric Surgery Unit, Surgery, Dentistry, Paediatrics and Gynaecology Department, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Francesco Saverio Camoglio – articles in this journal Paediatric Surgery Unit, Surgery, Dentistry, Paediatrics and Gynaecology Department, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Luca Giacomello – articles in this journal Corresponding author Email Paediatric Surgery Unit, Surgery, Dentistry, Paediatrics and Gynaecology Department, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.

Published: 20 December 2016
Issue: Vol. 38 No. 3 (2016)
Section: Case Reports
DOI: 10.4081/pmc.2016.119

Abstract

Torsion of a wandering spleen is a rare cause of acute abdomen in children, usually diagnosed with color-Doppler ultrasonography and enhanced computed tomography. We report a pediatric case of torsion of wandering spleen.

Keywords

Metrics

Citations and online attention from Dimensions, Altmetric and PlumX.

License

PAGEPress has chosen to apply the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) to all manuscripts to be published.

Downloads

PDF
HTML

Article history

Received: 17 July 2015
Accepted: 19 July 2016
Published: 20 December 2016

Article statistics

1,930abstract views

972PDF

412HTML

Smart Citations (scite.ai)

How to Cite

Wandering spleen with a ten-time twisted vascular pedicle. (2016). La Pediatria Medica E Chirurgica, 38(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2016.119

Download Citation

Publisher’s note

All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.