--- abstract: 'Background: With the advent of real time ultrasonography of the abdomen, the spleen is no longer an inaccessible organ. Wandering spleen is a rare entity with only less than 500 cases reported so far. Method: This case report presents a 16-year- old Nigerian girl admitted in a medical centre but referred for ultrasonography on account of a clinical history of lower abdominal tenderness. Result: Ultrasonography examination revealed that the spleen was not found in its normal anatomical position. However, a well defined acoustic signature of the spleen was seen in the pelvis. Conclusion: Ultrasonography which is far cheaper than magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) is a valuable diagnostic aid in this condition' altloc: - http://www.ojhas.org/issue28/2008-4-9.htm chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: - tonybullng@yahoo.ca - ~ - ~ creators_name: - family: 'Ugwu ' given: AC honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Ogbonna given: CO honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Imo given: AO honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2009-02-25 date_type: published datestamp: 2009-03-28 09:30:48 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/63/96 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: - Kakkilaya BS editors_name: - family: Kakkilaya given: Srinivas honourific: Dr. lineage: '' eprint_status: archive eprintid: 6396 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/6396/1/2008%2D4%2D9.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: 'Wandering spleen, ultrasonography, Nigeria' lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:20 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: 4 pagerange: ~ pubdom: TRUE publication: Online Journal of Health And Allied Sciences publisher: Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya refereed: TRUE referencetext: "1.Singh I. Essentials of anatomy. New Delhi: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Ltd. 2002, P 283.\r\n2.Kinori I, Rifkin MD. A truly wandering spleen. J ultrasound Med. 1988;7:101-5.\r\n3.Alawi MH, Khalifa A, Bana H. wandering spleen: A Challenging diagnosis. Pak J Med Sci 2005;21(4):482–4.\r\n4.Dawson JH, Roberts NG. Management of the wandering spleen. Aust NZJ Surg 1994;64;441–4.\r\n5.Buchner M, Baker MS. The wandering spleen. Surg Gynecol obstet 1992; 175 : 373 – 87.\r\n6.Abel I. wandering spleen with torsion of the pedicle. Ann Surg 1933;98:722–5\r\n7.Tait NP, Young IR. The wandering spleen: an ultrasonic diagnosis. J Clin ultrasound 1985;13: 45–6.\r\n8.Nakamura T, Moriyasu F, Ban N et al Quantitative Measurement of abdominal arterial flow using image directed Doppler ultrasonography: superior mesenteric, splenic, and common hepatic arterial blood flow in normal adults. J Clin ultrasound 1989;17:261–8.\r\n9.Hirose R, Kitano S, Bando T, Ueda Y, Sato K, Yoshida T, Suenobu S, Kawano T, Izumi T Laparascopic Splenopexy for Paediatric wandering spleen. J paediatric Surg 1998;33:1571–3." relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 20 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2009-03-28 09:30:48 subjects: - OJHAS succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: 'Wandering spleen: A common presentation of an uncommon anomaly' type: journale userid: 4338 volume: 7