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Torsion of an accessory spleen is a very unusual entity that can appear with abdominal pain associated with the presence of an avascular mass. We report the case of a 13-year-old boy with torsion and infarction of an accessory spleen presenting as a painful abdominal mass in which imaging examination with US, CT and MR showed a large avascular mass in the upper left abdomen.
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Received: 16 December 1999 Revised: 24 May 2000 Accepted: 24 May 2000
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Pérez Fontán, F., Soler, R., Santos, M. et al. Accessory spleen torsion: US, CT and MR findings. Eur Radiol 11, 509–512 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300000547
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300000547