creators_name: Ugwu , AC creators_name: Ogbonna, CO creators_name: Imo, AO creators_id: tonybullng@yahoo.ca editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas editors_id: Kakkilaya BS type: journale datestamp: 2009-03-28 09:30:48 lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:20 metadata_visibility: show title: Wandering spleen: A common presentation of an uncommon anomaly ispublished: pub subjects: OJHAS full_text_status: public keywords: Wandering spleen, ultrasonography, Nigeria abstract: Background: With the advent of real time ultrasonography of the abdomen, the spleen is no longer an inaccessible organ. Wandering spleen is a rare entity with only less than 500 cases reported so far. Method: This case report presents a 16-year- old Nigerian girl admitted in a medical centre but referred for ultrasonography on account of a clinical history of lower abdominal tenderness. Result: Ultrasonography examination revealed that the spleen was not found in its normal anatomical position. However, a well defined acoustic signature of the spleen was seen in the pelvis. Conclusion: Ultrasonography which is far cheaper than magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) is a valuable diagnostic aid in this condition date: 2009-02-25 date_type: published publication: Online Journal of Health And Allied Sciences volume: 7 number: 4 publisher: Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1.Singh I. Essentials of anatomy. New Delhi: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Ltd. 2002, P 283. 2.Kinori I, Rifkin MD. A truly wandering spleen. J ultrasound Med. 1988;7:101-5. 3.Alawi MH, Khalifa A, Bana H. wandering spleen: A Challenging diagnosis. Pak J Med Sci 2005;21(4):482–4. 4.Dawson JH, Roberts NG. Management of the wandering spleen. Aust NZJ Surg 1994;64;441–4. 5.Buchner M, Baker MS. The wandering spleen. Surg Gynecol obstet 1992; 175 : 373 – 87. 6.Abel I. wandering spleen with torsion of the pedicle. Ann Surg 1933;98:722–5 7.Tait NP, Young IR. The wandering spleen: an ultrasonic diagnosis. J Clin ultrasound 1985;13: 45–6. 8.Nakamura T, Moriyasu F, Ban N et al Quantitative Measurement of abdominal arterial flow using image directed Doppler ultrasonography: superior mesenteric, splenic, and common hepatic arterial blood flow in normal adults. J Clin ultrasound 1989;17:261–8. 9.Hirose R, Kitano S, Bando T, Ueda Y, Sato K, Yoshida T, Suenobu S, Kawano T, Izumi T Laparascopic Splenopexy for Paediatric wandering spleen. J paediatric Surg 1998;33:1571–3. citation: Ugwu , AC and Ogbonna, CO and Imo, AO (2009) Wandering spleen: A common presentation of an uncommon anomaly. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/6396/1/2008-4-9.pdf