wandering spleen

He also tells her that she has a wandering spleen.

Though not a genetic disease, wandering spleen is often found at birth.

Wandering spleen is most commonly diagnosed in young children as well as women between the ages of 20 and 40.

Born 16 January 1871, Mainzer wrote his doctoral disseration on wandering spleen.

Wandering spleen (or Pelvic spleen) is a rare medical disease caused by the loss or weakening of the ligaments that help to hold the spleen.

Susan Mayer on the TV show Desperate Housewives had an operation to fix her wandering spleen in Season 2 of the show.

Examples include abdominal traumas, aortic dissection, torsion of the splenic artery (for example, in wandering spleen) or external compression on the artery by a tumor.

She begins dating her doctor, Ron McCready (Jay Harrington), who informs her that she has a wandering spleen and will need a splenectomy.

Symptoms of wandering spleen are typically those associated with an abnormally large size of the spleen (splenomegaly) or the unusual position of the spleen in the abdomen.

During the second season, Julie expressed concern over Susan's re-marriage to Karl, but agreed to it because she wanted Susan to have her surgery to remove her wandering spleen.

In 1992, the youngest case of the literature of torsion of wandering spleen at two days of birth was reported in Lebanon, by Dr Edouard Sayad.

The following day, Susan goes for a check-up with Dr. Ron who informs her that she needs a splenectomy because of her wandering spleen and that he will be the attending surgeon.

"Acquired" wandering spleen may occur during adulthood due to injuries or other underlying conditions that may weaken the ligaments that hold the spleen in its normal position (e.g., connective tissue disease or pregnancy).

In Magna, a renowned midwife, Mrs. Nick Mageras (Magerou), not only delivered babies to Greek, Italian, and South Slav women, hut arranged marriages and used folk cures for a variety of illnesses: a wandering spleen, burns, fevers, and infections.