[Torsion of the accessory spleen: an atypical etiology for acute abdomen].
The accessory spleen is often a incidental discovery. The accessory post-accidental spleen are unusual. The torsion of a movable spleen is possible and represent about 0.2 to 0.3% of splenectomy. But the torsion of an accessory spleen is exceptional. A case of acute torsion of an accessory spleen is reported. In a 26-year-old women was admitted with acute abdominal pain. The abdominal ultrasound and the abdominal X-Ray are no specific. In the face of the acute pain, a laparoscopy was necessary. At laparoscopy, the patient was found to have torsion and infarction of an accessory spleen in the pelvis. The treatment was a splenectomy and the evolution was favorable.
d'Halluin
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Service de gynécologie, obstétrique et biologie de la reproduction, CHU de Poitiers, rue de la Milétrie, BP 577, 86021 Poitiers, France. cca.gyneco@chu-poitiers.fr
Menard
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J
Dessard
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P
Dauphin
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H
Deshayes
M
M
Pierre
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F
Magnin
G
G
D015746:Abdominal Pain; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D010535:Laparoscopy; D011859:Radiography; D013154:Spleen / Q000098:blood supply; D013156:Splenectomy; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014102:Torsion Abnormality; D014463:Ultrasonography
Torsion de rate accessoire: une étiologie de syndrome péritonéal bien atypique.