title: Anomalies of the position of the spleen in the child. Case report and review of the literature from 1896 to 1990.
abstract: We report on the case of a 6-year-old girl admitted as an emergency with an acute abdomen with the diagnosis of peritonitis; clinical examination under anesthesia revealed the presence of an abdomino-pelvic mass. Laparotomy confirmed the diagnosis of torsion of an ectopic spleen. Splenectomy was required because the spleen was gangrenous. A review of the literature from 1896 to 1990 revealed reports of 74 cases. Epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, the diagnostic and therapeutic problems are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Department, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Centre Hospitalier, Luxembourg.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lamesch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lamesch
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology; D013156:Splenectomy; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014102:Torsion Abnormality