title: Wandering spleen in a child with symptoms of acute abdomen: ultrasonographic diagnosis. Case report.
abstract: We report the initial and follow-up ultrasonography (US) findings in a pediatric case of wandering spleen with symptoms of acute abdomen, as a rare entity. A four-year-old boy was referred with complaints of blunt abdominal pain, vomiting and fatigue. US detected an oval- shaped, mildly enlarged spleen with inferomedial displacement. In right lateral decubitus, the spleen showed further medial displacement. Five months later, control US revealed further enlargement of the displaced spleen. Seven months later, due to acute torsion of the spleen, splenectomy was performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ministry of Health, Mersin Women's and Children's Hospital, Mersin, Turkey. umityasarayaz@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Umit Yasar
authors.initials: UY
authors.lastname: Ayaz
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dilli
authors.forename: Sevin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ayaz
authors.forename: Arman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Api
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography; D050805:Wandering Spleen / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*