| Literature DB >> 27583079 |
Hamidou Dème1, Léra Géraud Akpo1, Seynabou Fall2, Nfally Badji1, Ibrahima Ka3, Mohamadou Lamine Guèye3, Mouhamed Hamine Touré1, El Hadj Niang1.
Abstract
Wandering or migrating spleen is a rare anomaly which is usually described in children. Complications, which include pedicle torsion, are common and can be life-threatening. We report the case of a 17 year-old patient with a long past medical history of epigastric pain suffering from wandering spleen with chronic torsion of the pedicle. The clinical picture was marked by spontaneously painful epigastric mass, evolved over the past 48 hours. Abdominal ultrasound objectified heterogeneous hypertrophied ectopic spleen in epigastric position and a subcapsular hematoma. Doppler showed a torsion of splenic pedicle which was untwisted 2 turns and a small blood stream on the splenic artery. Abdominal CT scan with contrast injection showed a lack of parenchymal enhancement of large epigastric ectopic spleen and a subcapsular hematoma. The diagnosis of wandering spleen with chronic torsion of the pedicle complicated by necrosis and subcapsular hematoma was confirmed. The patient underwent splenectomy. The postoperative course was uneventful. We here discuss the contribution of ultrasound and CT scan in the diagnosis of wandering spleen with chronic torsion of the pedicle.Entities:
Keywords: CT scan; Wandering spleen; splenectomy; torsion of the pedicle; ultrasound
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27583079 PMCID: PMC4992398 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2016.24.15.7554
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pan Afr Med J
Figure 1Coupe échographique transversale sous xiphoïdienne montrant une rate hétérogène en situation épigastrique
Figure 2Coupe transversale avec une sonde linéaire de haute fréquence montrant l’échostructure hétérogène de la rate
Figure 3A) doppler énergie montrant 2 tours de spires sur la l'artère splénique; B) doppler pulsé, petit flux sur l'artère splénique
Figure 4Coupe axiale de TDM abdominale après injection de PDC, montrant un parenchyme splénique hétérogène non rehaussée, un discret rehaussement de la capsule, un hématome sous capsulaire et une absence de rehaussement des vaisseaux spléniques
Figure 5Reconstruction coronale montrant la rate hétérogène épigastrique