Splenic torsion in a child with polysplenia and situs inversus: a very rare presentation.
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- Academic Journal
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- Dash MR; Department of Pediatric Surgery, Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College & Sheth Vadilal Sarabhai General Hospital, 36, Teenmurti Bunglows, Thaltej, Ahmedabad 380 054 India.; Upasani AV; Department of Pediatric Surgery, Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College & Sheth Vadilal Sarabhai General Hospital, 36, Teenmurti Bunglows, Thaltej, Ahmedabad 380 054 India.; Chandna SB; Department of Pediatric Surgery, Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College & Sheth Vadilal Sarabhai General Hospital, 36, Teenmurti Bunglows, Thaltej, Ahmedabad 380 054 India.; Rathod PB; Department of Pediatric Surgery, Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College & Sheth Vadilal Sarabhai General Hospital, 36, Teenmurti Bunglows, Thaltej, Ahmedabad 380 054 India.; Prajapati KK; Department of Pediatric Surgery, Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College & Sheth Vadilal Sarabhai General Hospital, 36, Teenmurti Bunglows, Thaltej, Ahmedabad 380 054 India.; Patel DN; Department of Pediatric Surgery, Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College & Sheth Vadilal Sarabhai General Hospital, 36, Teenmurti Bunglows, Thaltej, Ahmedabad 380 054 India.
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- Publisher: Springer India Country of Publication: India NLM ID: 0373026 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0972-2068 (Print) Linking ISSN: 09739793 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Indian J Surg Subsets: PubMed not MEDLINE
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- Language
- English
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- 0972-2068
Polysplenia with situs inversus along with the torsion of spleen is a rare event. We report a case of a 12 year old child who presented with acute abdominal pain. There was an ill-defined mass in right hypochondrium and lumbar regions. The CT scan of abdomen revealed presence of multiple spleens with infarction of the largest spleen and features of complete dextroversion. Intraoperatively the infarcted spleen was found twisted around its vascular pedicle and removed.