Mohammed V University, Ibn Sina Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology C, Rabat, Morocco.
Mohammed V University, Ibn Sina Hospital, Department of Emergency Radiology, Rabat, Morocco.
Pan Afr Med J. 2022 Oct 12;43:77. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2022.43.77.31496. eCollection 2022.
Polysplenia syndrome (PSS) is a rare congenital disease that associates multiple spleens to other malformations, most frequently cardiac, vascular, visceral, and biliary malformations. Most patients with PSS die in the early neonatal period because the disease is often accompanied by serve cardiac and biliary abnormalities. However, some patients have only mild cardiovascular malformations or anomalies in the abdominal organs, which are typically diagnosed incidentally in adulthood. We report the case of a 54-year-old woman who consulted for chronic atypical diffuse abdominal pain. The clinical examination was normal. Abdominal computed tomography showed a total of 5 spleens with vascular and pancreatic malformations as part of polysplenia syndrome. Symptomatic treatment was instituted with good evolution. No specific therapeutic indication was indicated in our case discovered incidentally in adulthood.
多脾综合征(PSS)是一种罕见的先天性疾病,其特征为多个脾脏与其他畸形相关联,最常见的是心脏、血管、内脏和胆道畸形。大多数 PSS 患者在新生儿早期死亡,因为该疾病常伴有严重的心脏和胆道异常。然而,一些患者仅有轻微的心血管畸形或腹部器官异常,这些异常通常在成年后偶然诊断出来。我们报告了一例 54 岁女性患者,因慢性非典型弥漫性腹痛就诊。临床检查正常。腹部 CT 显示共有 5 个脾脏,伴有血管和胰腺畸形,符合多脾综合征。给予对症治疗,病情好转。我们发现该患者在成年后偶然发现此病,目前无特定的治疗指征。