Wandering spleen: case report

dc.contributor.author	Mwango, G N
dc.contributor.author	Muriiithi, M
dc.date.accessioned	2013-02-23T07:03:25Z
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.identifier.citation	East African Medical Journal Vol. 87 No.2 February 2010	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/10832
dc.identifier.uri	Wandering spleen: case report.
dc.description.abstract	Wandering spleens are rare clinical entities found more commonly in women aged 20-40 years. We report one such case found in a 24-year-old nulliparous woman who presented with low abdominal pains of sudden onset and splenomegaly. An emergency abdominal CT scan showed an enlarged spleen located in the right lumbar region and extending into the pelvis. There was a long splenic pedicle containing tortuous vessels. A review of literature and the postulated aetiological factors and associations are discussed.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Spleen	en
dc.subject	Wandering spleen	en
dc.title	Wandering spleen: case report	en
dc.type	Article	en