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Abstract
A congenital or acquired condition in which the SPLEEN is not in its normal anatomical position but moves about in the ABDOMEN. This is due to laxity or absence of suspensory ligaments which normally provide peritoneal attachments to keep the SPLEEN in a fixed position. Clinical symptoms include ABDOMINAL PAIN, splenic torsion and ISCHEMIA.
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- Displaced Spleen
- Drifting Spleen
- Floating Spleen
- Splenic Ptosis
- Splenoptosis
- Displaced Spleens
- Drifting Spleens
- Floating Spleens
- Ptoses, Splenic
- Ptosis, Splenic
- Spleen, Displaced
- Spleen, Drifting
- Spleen, Floating
- Spleen, Wandering
- Spleens, Displaced
- Spleens, Drifting
- Spleens, Floating
- Spleens, Wandering
- Splenic Ptoses
- Splenoptoses
- Wandering Spleens
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2006
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- Splenic Diseases (1967-2005)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Wandering Spleen. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D050805. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D050805
- Wandering Spleen. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_spleen
- Wandering Spleen. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7967227