Wandering spleen with splenic arteriovenous torsion

Genichi Hashiguchi; Takashi Hamada; Mampei Yamashita; Tamotsu Kuroki

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5051

Wandering spleen with splenic arteriovenous torsion

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Nov 7;9(11):e05051. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5051. eCollection 2021 Nov.

Authors

Genichi Hashiguchi¹, Takashi Hamada¹, Mampei Yamashita¹, Tamotsu Kuroki¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center Omura City Nagasaki Japan.

Abstract

Splenic arteriovenous torsion causes splenomegaly and ischemic necrosis of the spleen. The recommended treatment for wandering spleen with hypersplenism is considered to be splenectomy.

Keywords: splenectomy; splenic arteriovenous torsion; splenomegaly; wandering spleen.