Wandering Spleen and its Complications in Children: A Case Series and Review of the Literature

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1676-1679

  Brown, Carlos V R ^a   Virgilio, Gina R ^a   Vazquez, W David ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aberrant; Dislocate; Displaced; Drift; Dystopic; Floating; Lien; Mobile; Mobilis; Prolapse; Ptotic; Spleen; Splenic; Splenic diseases; Splenoptosis; Torsion; Wander; Wandering

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLEEN SURGERY; SPLENOMEGALY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WANDERING SPLEEN;

EID: 0242609100     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(03)00582-7     Document Type: Article

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