title: Familial wandering spleen: a first instance.
abstract: We report on 2 sisters presenting with acute torsion of a wandering spleen within a 3-year interval. The diagnosis was made preoperatively by computed tomography (CT) in both cases. A high index of suspicion because of our experience with the first patient, who underwent splenectomy, enabled a correct early diagnosis in the sibling. On urgent surgery, reversible ischemic changes were found, and detorsion and splenopexy resulted in preservation of the spleen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zrifin 70300, Israel. liogonky@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ben Ely
authors.forename: Emmanuelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Seguier
authors.forename: Gad
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lotan
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Strauss
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gayer
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D035583:Rare Diseases; D035781:Siblings; D013156:Splenectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery; D050805:Wandering Spleen / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery