title: Pancreatic volvulus with wandering spleen and gastric volvulus: an unusual triad for acute abdomen in a surgical emergency.
abstract: Wandering spleen is a rare clinical condition which occurs due to laxity or absence of the normal intraperitoneal ligaments that hold the spleen in place. Gastric volvulus and wandering spleen share a common etiology of absence or laxity of intraperitoneal ligaments. The occurrence of simultaneous pancreatic volvulus has never been described before in adolescence. Herein, we report a case having wandering spleen with torsion, and gastric and distal pancreatic volvulus, an unusual triad in acute abdomen in an emergency setting, which has never been described before to the best of our knowledge.
authors: Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors: Ujjwal
authors: U
authors: Gorsi
authors: Anmol
authors: A
authors: Bhatia
authors: Rajesh
authors: R
authors: Gupta
authors: Saranga
authors: S
authors: Bharathi
authors: Niranjan
authors: N
authors: Khandelwal
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004630:Emergencies; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D035583:Rare Diseases; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013277:Stomach Volvulus / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D054159:Torsion, Mechanical; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D050805:Wandering Spleen / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*