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Original Article
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Korean J Med. 2005;69(3):924-928.
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- A case of severe thrombocytopenia in association with a wandering spleen
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Yong Duk Jeong, Hyuk Whan Choi, Hyun O Cho, Sung Jin Choi, Jae Yeon Yoo, Hyun Sik Jeong, Kuk Hyun Song
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Department of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine
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- Abstract
- Wandering spleen (ectopic spleen) is a very rare disease, and wandering spleen with thrombocytopenia is rarely reported. A splenectomy is the treatment of choice, and it's result is good.
We experienced a case of wandering spleen with severe thrombocytopenia in 15-year-old boy. He was diagnosed with the abdominal sonography and abdominal CT scaning. A splenectomy was performed, and then the thrombocytopenia was disappear. After splenectomy, he was well being.
Therefore, we report this case with a brief review of literature.(Korean J Med 69:S924-S928, 2005)
Keywords :Wandering spleen, Thrombocytopenia
