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Torsion of a wandering spleen

A rare cause of acute abdomen

Nwashilli N. Jude and Nwajei C. Onochie
Saudi Medical Journal December 2015, 36 (12) 1490-1492; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.12.12363
Nwashilli N. Jude
From the Department of Surgery (Jude), University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, and the Department of Surgery (Onochie), Oghara Teaching Hospital, Delta State, Nigeria
FWACS, FMCS
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Nwajei C. Onochie
From the Department of Surgery (Jude), University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, and the Department of Surgery (Onochie), Oghara Teaching Hospital, Delta State, Nigeria
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vol. 36 no. 12 1490-1492
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.12.12363
PubMed 
26620993

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Saudi Medical Journal
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1658-3175
History 
  • Received June 11, 2015
  • Accepted September 10, 2015
  • Published online December 1, 2015.

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  1. Nwashilli N. Jude, FWACS, FMCS⇑ and
  2. Nwajei C. Onochie, MBBS, FWACS
  1. From the Department of Surgery (Jude), University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, and the Department of Surgery (Onochie), Oghara Teaching Hospital, Delta State, Nigeria
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Nwashilli N. Jude, Department of Surgery, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin, Edo State, Nigeria. E-mail: namoforever{at}yahoo.com
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