[Wandering spleen in a patient hospitalized with acute abdomen].

An 11-year-old girl was hospitalized with a two-day history of lower abdominal pain. The patient had a localized peritoneal reaction in the right lower quadrant, an elevated C-reactive protein level, and an increased white blood cell count. On the suspicion of acute appendicitis a diagnostic laparoscopy was performed. This revealed a misplaced spleen in the right side of the pelvis with a partly torsion of a long vascular pedicle. The splenic tissue was vital without any sign of ischaemia. However, splenopexy was not possible, and an uncomplicated elective splenectomy was performed.