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The wandering spleen: something to bear in mind in the presence of a mobile abdominal mass

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, “SS. Immacolata” Hospital, Via Anello, 66016 , Guardiagrele (Chieti), Italy

    Antonino Ajello & Antonietta Minniti

  2. Department of Radiology, “SS. Immacolata” Hospital, Guardiagrele (Chieti), Italy

    Antonio Malatesta

  3. Department of Paediatrics Surgery, “Bambino Gesù” Hospital, Romae, Italy

    Giovanni Federici Di Abriola & Luigi Dall’Oglio

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Ajello, A., Minniti, A., Malatesta, A. et al. The wandering spleen: something to bear in mind in the presence of a mobile abdominal mass. Eur J Pediatr 163, 277–278 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-003-1322-8

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