The Importance of Recognizing Wandering Spleen as a Cause of Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis
Wandering spleen, as its name suggests, is a rare condition where the spleen wanders in the abdomen and is most commonly found in the inferior quadrant as a palpable mass. It can have varying presentations and commonly presents as splenic torsion and very rarely as acute pancreatitis. It is imperati...
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| author | Vennis Lourdusamy Dhrumil Patel Ramon Docobo Shyamanand Tantry Dennis Lourdusamy Saeed Farukh |
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| description | Wandering spleen, as its name suggests, is a rare condition where the spleen wanders in the abdomen and is most commonly found in the inferior quadrant as a palpable mass. It can have varying presentations and commonly presents as splenic torsion and very rarely as acute pancreatitis. It is imperative not to miss this diagnosis as it can lead to life-threatening complications in the form of splenic torsion/infarction. Here we describe a rare manifestation of wandering spleen where a young female presented with recurrent episodes of acute pancreatitis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3012b47529bb4677b88b133084a7be3e2025-02-03T01:10:16ZengWileyCase Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine2090-65282090-65362018-01-01201810.1155/2018/75738357573835The Importance of Recognizing Wandering Spleen as a Cause of Recurrent Acute PancreatitisVennis Lourdusamy0Dhrumil Patel1Ramon Docobo2Shyamanand Tantry3Dennis Lourdusamy4Saeed Farukh5Department of Internal Medicine, Brandon Regional Hospital, Brandon, Florida 33511, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Brandon Regional Hospital, Brandon, Florida 33511, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Brandon Regional Hospital, Brandon, Florida 33511, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Brandon Regional Hospital, Brandon, Florida 33511, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Elizabeth, New Jersey 07202, USADepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Brandon Regional Hospital, Brandon, Florida 33511, USAWandering spleen, as its name suggests, is a rare condition where the spleen wanders in the abdomen and is most commonly found in the inferior quadrant as a palpable mass. It can have varying presentations and commonly presents as splenic torsion and very rarely as acute pancreatitis. It is imperative not to miss this diagnosis as it can lead to life-threatening complications in the form of splenic torsion/infarction. Here we describe a rare manifestation of wandering spleen where a young female presented with recurrent episodes of acute pancreatitis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7573835 |
| spellingShingle | Vennis Lourdusamy Dhrumil Patel Ramon Docobo Shyamanand Tantry Dennis Lourdusamy Saeed Farukh The Importance of Recognizing Wandering Spleen as a Cause of Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine |
| title | The Importance of Recognizing Wandering Spleen as a Cause of Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis |
| title_full | The Importance of Recognizing Wandering Spleen as a Cause of Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis |
| title_fullStr | The Importance of Recognizing Wandering Spleen as a Cause of Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Importance of Recognizing Wandering Spleen as a Cause of Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis |
| title_short | The Importance of Recognizing Wandering Spleen as a Cause of Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis |
| title_sort | importance of recognizing wandering spleen as a cause of recurrent acute pancreatitis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7573835 |
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