title: Torsion of the wandering spleen: CT and angiographic appearance.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To seek CT and angiographic appearances that characterize torsion of the wandering spleen.
  
  
  METHODS
  The CT and angiographic findings of two cases of preoperatively diagnosed torsion of the wandering spleen were reviewed, and the findings were closely compared with intraoperative and histopathological findings.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Characteristic CT appearance seemed to be a whirled appearance formed at the medial side of the displaced spleen. The angiographic finding that was characteristic of the disease was a tapered and abruptly twisted distal splenic artery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings were useful in making the early and correct diagnosis of this rare but fulminant condition.
authors: Department of Radiology, Seirei Mikatabara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan.
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Fujiwara
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Takehara
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Isoda
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Ichijo
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authors: Tooyama
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Kodaira
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Kitanaka
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authors: Asai
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Kawaguchi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014102:Torsion Abnormality