A case report of a diagnostic dilemma in recurrent abdominal pain
International Journal of Development Research
A case report of a diagnostic dilemma in recurrent abdominal pain
Received 29th May, 2019; Received in revised form 20th June, 2019; Accepted 12th July, 2019; Published online 30th August, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Aminah Al-Aani et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Wandering spleen is an uncommon clinical condition characterized by the abnormal localization of the spleen within the abdominal or pelvic cavity. This is attributed to the hyperlaxity, underdevelopment or even absence of splenic suspensory ligaments.1 The mobile spleen is attached only by an elongated vascular pedicle, allowing its free migration to any part of the abdomen or pelvis.1 In addition, this condition has an unusual association with gastric, sigmoid and pancreatic volvulus, as described in the literature.2,4,6 As a rare clinical entity with a variety of clinical presentations, wandering spleen requires a high index of clinical suspicion and often requires timely investigation and intervention.1 Here we present a case of 32-year- old female with recurrent emergency visits for abdominal pain.
