[Polysplenia syndrome: two cases in adults revealed by biliary and pancreatic malformations]

Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 2007 Oct;31(10):863-8. doi: 10.1016/s0399-8320(07)73980-5.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Polysplenia Syndrome (PS) associates multiple spleens with other malformations usually cardiac, vascular, visceral and biliary. The diversity of these malformations and their embryological mechanisms are described in relation to two cases of PS that were diagnosed in adults.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Biliary Atresia / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreas / abnormalities
  • Spleen / abnormalities*
  • Syndrome