[A case of splenic torsion in a child].
A case of torsion of the spleen complicated by bowel occlusion occurred in a 3 1/2-yr-old boy is reviewed. Pathogenesis, symptoms and diagnostics are discussed. The rarity of the lesion in childhood is underlined together with the utility, in diagnostics, of plain films of the abdomen taken some hours one from the others.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012598:Sclerosis; D013156:Splenectomy; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014102:Torsion Abnormality
Di un caso di torsione splenica in età pediatrica.