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- Camilo J Castellón-Pavón, Santiago Valderrábano-González, Pablo Anchústegui-Melgarejo, Javier Alvarez-Alvarez, Sonia Morales-Artero, Cristina Pérez-Algar, Silvio Corrales-Castillo, and Francisco Ramos García-Serrano.
- Servicio de Cirugía General. Hospital de la Zarzuela. Aravaca. Madrid. España. cjcastellonp@yahoo.ew
- Cir Esp. 2006 Dec 1;80(6):406-8.
AbstractWandering spleen is an uncommon entity, characterized by the anomalous position of the spleen, caused by the absence or laxity of its suspensory ligaments. The most common symptoms are usually due to intermittent or complete torsion of the splenic pedicle with subsequent infarction. We report a case of torsion of a wandering spleen. Laparoscopic splenectomy was performed and recovery was uneventful. Although few cases of wandering spleen treated laparoscopically have been reported in the literature, laparoscopy has been demonstrated to be a safe technique for the treatment of this entity.
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