Accessory spleen torsion: US, CT and MR findings.
Torsion of an accessory spleen is a very unusual entity that can appear with abdominal pain associated with the presence of an avascular mass. We report the case of a 13-year-old boy with torsion and infarction of an accessory spleen presenting as a painful abdominal mass in which imaging examination with US, CT and MR showed a large avascular mass in the upper left abdomen.
Pérez Fontán
F J
FJ
Department of Radiology, Hospital Juan Canalejo, Xubias de Arriba, La Coruña, Spain.
Soler
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Santos
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Facio
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D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013154:Spleen; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014102:Torsion Abnormality; D014463:Ultrasonography