Laparoscopic splenectomy of a wandering spleen with coincidental enormous splenomegaly.
Ectopy of the spleen also referred to as wandering spleen is a rare condition and preferentially treated by laparoscopic splenopexy. However, in complicated cases with torsion and consecutive infarction of the spleen splenectomy is required. Performing the splenectomy of a wandering spleen laparoscopically has already been reported as a save therapeutic option. However, open splenectomy is usually preferred in case of massive splenomegaly for both, wandering and regular localized spleen. In this case report we describe a laparoscopic technique as alternative for conventional splenectomy in the case of a huge wandering spleen.
Clinic of General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Ulm, Germany.
Johannes
J
Lemke
Clinic of General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Ulm, Germany.
Jan
J
Scheele
Clinic of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Ulm, Germany.
Markus
M
Juchems
Clinic of General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Ulm, Germany.
Doris
D
Henne-Bruns
Clinic of General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Ulm, Germany.
Claas
C
Brockschmidt
laparoscopic splenectomy; splenomegaly; wandering spleen