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International Journal of Women's Health Care(IJWHC)

ISSN: 2573-9506 | DOI: 10.33140/IJWHC

Impact Factor: 1.011

Wandering Spleen: A Rare Entity

Abstract

Rita Mittal, Bishan Dhiman, Jiten Sharma

Wandering spleen is a rare differential diagnosis of an acute abdomen and must be suspected if a patient presents with abdominal pain along with a palpable lump and displacement of bowel to left upper quadrant and should be confirmed by CT scan.

As the condition is very rarely diagnosed pre-operatively, it requires a very high index of suspicion.

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