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Wandering spleen in three children

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Three children with wandering spleen are presented. Liver-spleen technetium99msulphur colloid scintigraphy is a helpful diagnostic tool that will demonstrate the abnormally located spleen or absent splenic activity when the blood supply is interrupted by a twisted pedicle. The diagnosis can also be made by angiography, but this relatively elaborate procedure is usually not necessary. Absence of the normal ligamentous attachments of the spleen associated with a long splenic pedicle may well be the cause of the wandering spleen and its torsion.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    F. H. L. Bröker, K. Fellows & S. Treves

  2. Department of Pediatric Radiology, State University Hospital, Oostersingel 59, Groningen, The Netherlands

    F. H. L. Bröker

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Bröker, F.H.L., Fellows, K. & Treves, S. Wandering spleen in three children. Pediatr Radiol 6, 211–214 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00975539

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