The ectopic spleen-incidental finding on pelvic magnetic resonance imaging

Güney Bunyamin ,
Güney Bunyamin
Emrah Doğan ,
Emrah Doğan
Murat Özdemir ,
Murat Özdemir
Kılınç Mihriban
Kılınç Mihriban

Published: 01.12.2020.

Volume 50, Issue 1 (2021)

pp. 55-57;

https://doi.org/10.5937/pramed2102055g

Abstract

The ectopic spleen (ES) is a rare variation occurred depend on the absence or laxity of the suspensory ligaments. The ES is a rarely diagnosed clinical condition. Less than 500 symptomatic patients have been reported. Less than 0.25% of splenectomies are performed on the ES. Patients are usually asymptomatic. It's diagnosed incidentally in general. The incidence is not clear. ES incidence is reported less than 0.5%. However, this rate covers all of the relocations. The spleen can be found anywhere in the abdomen or pelvis, depends on the length of the vascular pedicle. The pelvic ES is a rarely encountered situation. Knowing this anomaly is essential for early diagnosis and prevention serious problems such as torsion, infarction and acute abdomen. A 21 years old female patient with ES was presented on pelvic magnetic resonance imaging.

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