Phillpott JW, Cumming WA. Torsion of the spleen: an unusual presentation of congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
Pediatr Radiol 1994;
24:150-1. [PMID:
8078724 DOI:
10.1007/bf02020181]
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Abstract
We describe an unusual case of congenital diaphragmatic hernia in a 6-week-old boy who presented with severe respiratory distress due to torsion of the spleen which had passed up into the chest through a Bochdalek hernia and caused a left hemothorax. Scintigraphy with heat-damaged red cells was diagnostic by showing a damaged but functioning spleen above the diaphragm. Surgical repair and return of the spleen to the abdomen resulted in complete recovery.
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