title: Multimodality imaging of a neonatal wandering spleen.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Elizabeth Kagan
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Arleo
authors.forename: Arzu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kovanlikaya
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mennitt
authors.forename: Suchitra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Acharya
authors.forename: Paula W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Brill
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D050805:Wandering Spleen / Q000175:diagnosis*