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Wandering accessory spleen

Rate accessoire migratrice

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A patient with an excessively mobile accessory spleen detected on ultrasound examination is reported in whom a normally located spleen was also found. Sonographic and colour Doppler imaging criteria were used for making the specific diagnosis. The large accessory spleen has been demonstrated at different sites within the abdomen on subsequent follow-up sonographic examinations. The splanchnic flow pattern obtained from the long vascular pedicle of the accessory spleen indicated normal perfusion. Since the perfusion of the wandering accessory spleen was not compromised by torsion, and the patient refused surgical intervention, a conservative approach was considered to be appropriate.

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Les auteurs rapportent le cas d'un patient porteur d'une rate accessoire excessivement mobile découverte lors d'un examen échographique et chez qui une rate normalement située a été également trouvée. Des critères d'imagerie par échographie et au Doppler couleur ont été utilisés pour le diagnostic spécifique. La volumineuse rate accessoire a été trouvée en différents sites de l'abdomen durant le suivi échographique. Le flux splanchnique venant du long pédicule vasculaire de la rate accessoire montrait une perfusion normale. Comme la perfusion de la rate accessoire migratrice n'était pas compromise par une torsion et comme le patient refusait toute intervention chirurgicale, un traitement conservateur a été considérée comme suffisant.

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Erden, A., Karaalp, G., Özcan, H. et al. Wandering accessory spleen. Surg Radiol Anat 17, 89–91 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01629511

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