Multimodality imaging of a neonatal wandering spleen

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• 作者：Elizabeth Kagan Arleo ; Arzu Kovanlikaya ; Kevin Mennitt ; Suchitra Acharya ; Paula W. Brill
• 关键词：Wandering spleen ; G6PD deficiency ; Neonatal ; Pediatric ; Hematology
• 刊名：Clinical Imaging
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：July-August 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：34
• 期：4
• 页码：302-305
• 全文大小：278 K

文摘

Wandering spleen, a rare entity, is caused by the absence or laxity of the normal anchoring splenic ligaments. Only three neonatal cases have been reported in the English-language literature. We present the clinical and multimodality imaging findings of a newborn with laceration and hemorrhage of a wandering spleen. The course was complicated by the concurrent diagnosis of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, which confused the clinical picture when a falling hematocrit raised the question of rebleeding several days after presentation.