Journal of the Korean Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine  2014;18(3):253-257

doi:10.13104/jksmrm.2014.18.3.253

MR Images of Infarction of Wandering Spleen Associated with Intestinal Non-rotation.

Eugene KIM 1 ; Mi Young KIM ; Yeo Ju KIM ; Youn Jeong KIM ; Woo Chul KIM ; Chang Hae SUH ; Suk Jin CHOI ; Jae Sung CHO

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Keywords

Wandering spleen, infarction; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

English

Abstract

Wandering spleen is a rare clinical condition caused by lax splenic suspensory ligaments. The laxity of ligaments causes torsion of splenic vascular pedicle. CT scan of a 7-year-old girl with abdominal pain showed a non-enhancing lobular mass in lower abdomen. Small bowel loops were located at the right-sided abdomen and colonic loops at the left-sided abdomen. MRI scan showed non-enhancing heterogeneous mass with twisted vascular pedicle. To our knowledge, only a few cases have been reported about wandering spleen diagnosed on MRI.