These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Wandering spleen causing gastric outlet obstruction and pancreatitis.
    Author: Sanchez R, Lobert P, Herman R, O'Malley R, Mychaliska G.
    Journal: Pediatr Radiol; 2010 Dec; 40 Suppl 1():S89-91. PubMed ID: 20593169.
    Abstract:
    Excessive splenic mobility (i.e. wandering spleen) is a rare condition caused by laxity or deficiency of all the spleen's normal ligamentous attachments in the left hypochondrium. In the pediatric population, a wandering spleen may present as an incidental finding, an abdominal mass or torsion of the vascular pedicle causing venous congestion and acute abdominal pain, and eventually infarction. We present an unusual case of wandering spleen causing pancreatitis and gastric outlet obstruction via direct external compression.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]