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Wandering liver, spleen, and kidney: what the radiologist needs to know
The wandering spleen, wandering liver, and wandering kidney are rare diagnoses that can be asymptomatic or are associated with nonspecific symptoms,...
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Wandering spleen presenting in the form of right sided pelvic mass and pain in a patient with AD-PCKD: a case report and review of the literature
BackgroundWandering spleen is a rare clinical entity in which the spleen is hypermobile and migrate from its normal left hypochondriac position to...
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Unusual Presentation of Wandering Spleen Mimicking Pelvic Mass
A wandering spleen is an extremely rare clinical entity characterized by migration of the spleen from its normal position due to absence,...
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Patients with gastric volvulus recurrence have high incidence of wandering spleen requiring laparoscopic gastropexy and splenopexy
PurposeThough gastric volvulus in neonates and infants resolves by conservative therapy and aging, some cases require surgical intervention. This...
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Volvulus of the stomach and wandering spleen after repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia: unexpected manifestations in a neonate
BackgroundCongenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is sometimes associated with complications involving herniation of intrathoracic organs, which...
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Torsion of the wandering spleen as an abdominal emergency: a case report
BackgroundWandering spleen is a rare clinical entity with a less than 0.2% reporting incidence rate. In this case, the spleen is present abnormally...
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The likely association between wandering spleen and absent left kidney
Wandering spleen is a cause of acute surgical abdomen with serious consequences. It arises from an absence or weakness of the supporting suspensory...
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Torsion of wandering spleen: radiological findings
Wandering spleen (or ectopic spleen) is a rare anomaly resulting from hyperlaxity or even absence of the ligaments that hold the spleen in its...
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Various congenital anomalies and anatomical variations of the spleen: a multimodality pictorial review
There are various congenital anomalies and anatomical variations of the spleen (CAAVS). CAAVS are common and are often associated with systemic...
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Splenic torsion mistaken for an ovarian cyst: a case report
BackgroundWandering spleen (or ectopic spleen) refers to a hyper-mobile spleen resulting in its displacement from the normal anatomical position to...
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Diagnosis and treatment of splenic torsion in children: preoperative thrombocytosis predicts splenic infarction
BackgroundPediatric splenic torsion is a rare entity, and the most common cause is wandering spleen. This study aimed to summarize our clinical...
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Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of the spleen, pancreas and gallbladder in children
Gray-scale and color/power Doppler ultrasound (US) are the first-line imaging modalities to evaluate the spleen, gallbladder and pancreas in...
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Wandering parasite: endoscopic management of hydatid cysts of abdomen encroaching thorax
BackgroundMinimal access surgery has opened avenues of hybrid approach for abdominal hydatid cysts extending into thorax. This approach of combined...
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Ectopic lesions in the abdomen and pelvis: a multimodality pictorial review
Various ectopic lesions occur in the abdomen and pelvis and affect multiple organs including liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, and organs of the...
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Rare case of an acute liver torsion
Torsion of an abdominal organ often leads to an acute abdomen requiring emergency surgery. This report describes the rare case of an acute liver...
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Abdominal and pelvic splenosis: atypical findings, pitfalls, and mimics
Splenosis is an acquired form of ectopic splenic tissue that typically arises after trauma or splenectomy. It is often an incidental image finding in...
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Destruction of a wandering accessory right hepatic artery in a patient with pancreatic body cancer: a case report
Aberrant right hepatic arteries are sometimes involved in pancreatic head tumors or accidentally damaged during surgical procedures, which could...
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Integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in the prevention and treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: future directions and strategies
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been widely used for several centuries for metabolic diseases, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease...
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Spontaneous splenic rupture in a neonate: a case report and literature review
Splenic rupture in a neonate is a rare but potentially fatal condition that may trigger evaluation for child abuse. It is a diagnosis of exclusion...
