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Table 1 Detailed clinical information of 6 cases

From: Diagnosis and treatment of splenic torsion in children: preoperative thrombocytosis predicts splenic infarction

No

Sex

Age

(mon)

Clinical Presentation &Duration

Imaging (modality/spleen perfusion/spleen location)

Surgery (approach/degree of torsion)

Pathology

Spleen Size

(cm)

Addition

1

F

18.0

abdominal pain&mass

10 days

U + contrast CT

no perfusion

left flank

OS

720°

total infarction

8*6*5

adhesion to omentum and ileum

2

F

143.9

abdominal pain&nausea

1 month

U + contrast MRI

no perfusion

pelvis

LS → OS

360°

total infarction &fibrosis

15*8*6

dense adhesion to descending colon causing conversion

3

M

153.3

abdominal pain&mass

12 months

U + contrast MRI

reduced perfusion

left flank

OS

360°

congestion &hemorrhage

16*9*8

failed to perform splenopexy due to splenomegaly

4

F

61.3

abdominal pain&fever

7 days

U + contrast MRI

no perfusion

pelvis

LS → OS

1800°

total infarction

11*7*5

intraoperative bleeding from the pedicle causing conversion

5

F

170.7

abdominal pain&vomiting

10 days

U + contrast CT

partial perfusion

pelvis

LS

270°

partial infarction;

partial congestion &hemorrhage

17*14*10

gastric and pancreatic torsion; gastric varices; splenic vein thrombosis; postoperative portal vein thromboembolism

6

M

9.4

irritability

&fever

5 days

U + contrast CT

no perfusion of accessory spleen

left flank

OS of accessory spleen

720°

total accessory spleen infarction

accessory spleen 8*5*3

torsion of wandering accessory spleen

  1. F Female, M Male, U Ultrasonography, CT Computed tomography, MRI Magnetic resonance imaging, OS Open splenectomy, LS Laparoscopic splenectomy, →  = Conversion