title: [Torsion of the accessory spleen: an atypical etiology for acute abdomen].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: d'Halluin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Menard
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dessard
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dauphin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deshayes
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pierre
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Magnin
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Torsion de rate accessoire: une étiologie de syndrome péritonéal bien atypique.