Acute abdomen due to torsion of the wandering spleen: A rare clinical presentation

Abstract

Wandering spleen is defined as the spleen that is not in its normal anatomic position due to the absence or laxity of suspensory ligaments. Congenital and acquired factors play a role in its etiology. It is a rare condition and may cause life-threatening complications as torsion or infarction. Rarely, patients may present to the emergency department with an acute abdomen. They may also present with chronic abdominal pain or intraabdominal mass. Given that its clinical diagnosis is difficult to make, radiological studies have an import-ant role for an accurate diagnosis. In this paper, we presented a 24-year-old patient with torsion of a wandering spleen who presented with an acute abdomen and underwent laparoscopic splenectomy under urgent conditions.