Wandering spleen: 11 cases from Uganda
| Autor: | J. Wilson Carswell |
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| Rok vydání: | 1974 |
| Předmět: |
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Male Torsion Abnormality medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Splenectomy Dorsal Mesogastrium Spleen Maldevelopment medicine Humans Uganda Child Abdomen Acute business.industry medicine.disease Chromium Radioisotopes Abdominal mass Surgery Abdominal Radiography medicine.anatomical_structure Child Preschool Splenomegaly Female medicine.symptom Wandering spleen business |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Surgery. 61:495-497 |
| ISSN: | 1365-2168 0007-1323 |
| Popis: | 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. |
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