Wandering spleen and gastric volvulus.

Pediatr Radiol

Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Carlos Haya General Hospital, Malaga, Spain.

Published: April 1995

Gastric volvulus and wandering spleen are related to anomalies in the intraperitoneal visceral attachments. When encountered during infancy, they have a congenital origin with acquired predisposing factors. Wandering spleen is a rare clinical entity with a diverse form of presentation. To our knowledge, gastric volvulus associated with wandering spleen has not been reported previously in literature.

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