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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
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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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