title: [Acute torsion of an accessory spleen].
abstract: A case of acute torsion of an accessory spleen is reported. In a 15-year-old girl was admitted to hospital with acute abdominal pain. Ultrasonography showed a round, hypoechoic, solid mass. Computed tomography demonstrated a low-density mass with peripheral enhancement after intravenous contrast medium. These findings suggest the presence of a capsule. At laparotomy, the patient was found to have torsion and infarction of an accessory spleen. Sonographic and computed tomographic findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie A, Bordeaux.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Chateil
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Arboucalot
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Perel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vergnes
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Diard
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014102:Torsion Abnormality