Wandering Spleen in Young Adult: A Case Report

Piyanant Chonmaitree¹, Asawin Sudcharoen¹, Piyakorn Poonyam¹, Worawut Roongsangmanoon¹, Panitpong Maroongroge², Wanaporn Burivong², Vichit Viriyaroj³

Affiliation : ¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand, ² Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand, ³ Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand

Wandering spleen is rare. It is caused by incomplete development or increasing laxity of splenic ligament. Clinical manifestations vary from asymptomatic abdominal mass to acute abdomen. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment. We report a case of wandering spleen who presented with pelvic mass resembling ovarian tumor.

doi.org/10.35755/jmedassocthai.2022.S01.00033

Keywords : Wandering spleen; Splenectomy; Splenoplexy

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