title: Wandering spleen in three children.
abstract: Three children with wandering spleen are presented. Liver-spleen technetium99m sulphur colloid scintigraphy is a helpful diagnostic tool that will demonstrate the abnormally located spleen or absent splenic activity when the blood supply is interrupted by a twisted pedicle. The diagnosis can also be made by angiography, but this relatively elaborate procedure is usually not necessary. Absence of the normal ligamentous attachments of the spleen associated with a long splenic pedicle may well be the cause of the wandering spleen and its torsion.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003102:Colloids; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium