title: Avulsion of wandering spleen after traumatic torsion.
abstract: Wandering spleen usually causes clinical symptoms by torsion. Cases of torsion or hemorrhage after blunt trauma are reported. The authors experienced avulsion of wandering spleen after traumatic torsion in the victim of pedestrian injury. The spleen had been located in the left upper quadrant on the time of torsion, but it moved into the right paracolic gutter after avulsion. The avulsed spleen was removed, and the postoperative course was uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Seong-Chul
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dae-Yeon
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: In-Koo
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000209:etiology; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000209:etiology; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000209:etiology; D013154:Spleen / Q000293:injuries*; D013156:Splenectomy; D013159:Splenic Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D014102:Torsion Abnormality