Right abdominal mass in a 2 year-old child

The authors report a case of a wandering spleen presenting as a right lower quadrant abdominal mass, 2 years post a transabdominal left diaphragmatic hernia repair in a 2-year-old child with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia. The wandering spleen was fixed laparoscopically in an extraperitoneal pouc...

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Published inBMJ case reports Vol. 2011; no. oct11 1; p. bcr0820114676
Main Authors Parisinos, Constantinos A, Matter, Ibrahim, Mogilner, Jeorge G, Rodrigues, Mark A, Slijper, Nadav
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 11.10.2011
BMJ Publishing Group
SeriesRare disease
Subjects
Abdomen
Child, Preschool
Hernia, Diaphragmatic - complications
Hernia, Diaphragmatic - surgery
Hernias
Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital
Humans
Laparoscopy
Ligaments
Male
Middle-East
Rare Disease
Spleen
Wandering Spleen - diagnosis
Wandering Spleen - etiology
Wandering Spleen - surgery
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Summary:The authors report a case of a wandering spleen presenting as a right lower quadrant abdominal mass, 2 years post a transabdominal left diaphragmatic hernia repair in a 2-year-old child with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia. The wandering spleen was fixed laparoscopically in an extraperitoneal pouch.
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ISSN:1757-790X
1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr.08.2011.4676