Torsion of an accessory spleen in an elderly patient.

Hems, T E; Bellringer, J F · Postgrad Med J · 1990

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Torsion of an accessory spleen is recognized as a rare cause of acute abdominal pain in childhood. A case is reported which, however, is unusual in that it occurred in a patient of 75, who had had no previous symptoms which might have suggested the presence of an accessory spleen.

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