title: Torsion of the wandering spleen seen as a migratory abdominal mass.
abstract: Torsion of the wandering spleen is an unusual cause of an acute abdomen, rarely diagnosed preoperatively. The authors describe a case which was suspected prior to surgery and confirmed by radionuclide imaging. Radiographic findings include an extrinsic mass on barium-enema examination and absence of the splenic shadow in the left upper quadrant.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014102:Torsion Abnormality