Case Reports
Vol. 38 No. 3 (2016)
https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2016.119

Wandering spleen with a ten-time twisted vascular pedicle

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Received: 17 July 2015
Published: 20 December 2016
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Wandering spleen, Twisted vascular pedicle, Pediatrics

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Marta Peretti
Paediatric Surgery Unit, Surgery, Dentistry, Paediatrics and Gynaecology Department, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Arianna Mariotto
Paediatric Surgery Unit, Surgery, Dentistry, Paediatrics and Gynaecology Department, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Gabriella Scirè
Paediatric Surgery Unit, Surgery, Dentistry, Paediatrics and Gynaecology Department, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Elisa Pani
Paediatric Surgery Unit, Surgery, Dentistry, Paediatrics and Gynaecology Department, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Silvia Zambaldo
Paediatric Surgery Unit, Surgery, Dentistry, Paediatrics and Gynaecology Department, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Sanzio Bianchi
Paediatric Surgery Unit, Surgery, Dentistry, Paediatrics and Gynaecology Department, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Francesco Saverio Camoglio
Paediatric Surgery Unit, Surgery, Dentistry, Paediatrics and Gynaecology Department, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Luca Giacomello
luca.giacomello@univr.it
Paediatric Surgery Unit, Surgery, Dentistry, Paediatrics and Gynaecology Department, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
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.

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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

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