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Wandering spleen with volvulus of pancreas

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Abnormal location of the spleen, which is called wandering spleen, results from laxity or absence of the splenic pedicle. In the presence of an elongated splenic pedicle, torsion of the spleen or neighboring organs may occur, which results in acute or chronic abdominal pain. In this case report, we present imaging findings of a wandering spleen that manifested with volvulus of the pancreas.

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Ali Devrim Karaosmanoglu, Mehmet Ruhi Onur, and Musturay Karcaaltıncaba declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008 (5). Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hacettepe, Sıhhiye, 06100, Ankara, Turkey

    Ali Devrim Karaosmanoglu, Mehmet Ruhi Onur & Musturay Karcaaltıncaba

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Karaosmanoglu, A.D., Onur, M.R. & Karcaaltıncaba, M. Wandering spleen with volvulus of pancreas. J Med Ultrasonics 42, 413–416 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-015-0622-8

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