title: [Volvulus of the mobile spleen. Conservative laparoscopic treatment].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Volvulus of the mobile spleen is a rare condition generally manifested by acute sudden onset abdominal pain localized in the left flank. Ultrasound or computed tomographic imaging generally provides the diagnosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  An 18-year-old patient was hospitalized for acute pain of the left flank that had begun 48 hours earlier. The abdominal scan visualized a volvulus of a mobile spleen. Laparoscopic distortion was successful, allowing normal recoloration of the spleen.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Rapid intervention is crucial for conservative treatment. Laparoscopic treatment allows distortion manoeuvres and splenopexia using a mesh. This is the first reported case of successful conservative laparoscopic treatment of volvulus of a mobile spleen.
authors: Service de Chirurgie digestive, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Créteil, 40, avenue de Verdun, F 94010 Créteil.
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Bittar
authors: J L
authors: JL
authors: Cohen Solal
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Cabanis
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013526:Surgical Mesh