Multimodality imaging of a neonatal wandering spleen.
Wandering spleen, a rare entity, is caused by the absence or laxity of the normal anchoring splenic ligaments. Only three neonatal cases have been reported in the English-language literature. We present the clinical and multimodality imaging findings of a newborn with laceration and hemorrhage of a wandering spleen. The course was complicated by the concurrent diagnosis of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, which confused the clinical picture when a falling hematocrit raised the question of rebleeding several days after presentation.
Arleo
Elizabeth Kagan
EK
Department of Radiology, and Department of Pediatrics, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA. ekarleo@hotmail.com
Kovanlikaya
Arzu
A
Mennitt
Kevin
K
Acharya
Suchitra
S
Brill
Paula W
PW
D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D050805:Wandering Spleen / Q000175:diagnosis*