A wandering spleen with 720° torsion and persistent ascending and descending mesocolon in a 5-year-old Syrian male: A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and importance

The spleen is normally found in the left hypochondrium and it is fixed in its place by numerous suspensory ligaments. When the ligaments are elongated or abnormally developed, it causes a rare medical condition called Wandering spleen. A persistent ascending and descending mesocolon is also a congenital anomaly, resulting from the failure of fusion of the primitive dorsal mesocolon.

Case presentation

Herein, a 5-year-old male child with sudden and acute onset of abdominal pain, constipation, nausea, tachycardia, and low urine output, imaging and blood tests revealed evidence of intestinal obstruction and normocytic anemia and neutrophilia. A laparotomy revealed persistent ascending and descending mesocolon, with a torsioned vascular pedicle of the

SUBMITTER: Ahmad H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10310902 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature