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MeSH Heading: Wandering Spleen
Tree Number(s): C15.604.744.954
Unique ID: D050805
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D050805
Scope Note: A congenital or acquired condition in which the SPLEEN is not in its normal anatomical position but moves about in the ABDOMEN. This is due to laxity or absence of suspensory ligaments which normally provide peritoneal attachments to keep the SPLEEN in a fixed position. Clinical symptoms include ABDOMINAL PAIN, splenic torsion and ISCHEMIA.
Entry Term(s): Displaced Spleen; Drifting Spleen; Floating Spleen; Splenic Ptosis; Splenoptosis
Previous Indexing: Splenic Diseases (1967-2005)
Public MeSH Note: 2006
History Note: 2006
Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 2005/06/30
Revision Date: 2010/06/25

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0477931
Scope Note: A congenital or acquired condition in which the SPLEEN is not in its normal anatomical position but moves about in the ABDOMEN. This is due to laxity or absence of suspensory ligaments which normally provide peritoneal attachments to keep the SPLEEN in a fixed position. Clinical symptoms include ABDOMINAL PAIN, splenic torsion and ISCHEMIA.
Terms: Wandering Spleen Preferred Term
Term UI T624531
Date12/17/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Splenoptosis
Term UI T727646
Date09/25/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Displaced Spleen
Term UI T768344
Date04/01/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Splenic Ptosis
Term UI T768345
Date04/01/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Floating Spleen
Term UI T768346
Date04/01/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Drifting Spleen
Term UI T768347
Date04/01/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID

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