{"id":109420,"date":"2021-06-01T05:26:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T05:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=109420"},"modified":"2021-06-01T05:26:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T05:26:18","slug":"wandering-spleen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wandering-spleen\/","title":{"rendered":"Wandering spleen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congenital wandering spleen is a very rare birth defect in which the ligaments that hold the spleen in its usual position in the upper left abdomen (splenic peritoneal attachments) are missing or underdeveloped. Congenital wandering spleen has been observed in children from 3 months to 10 years old; the disorder is. most commonly found in children who are younger than 1 year old. Wandering spleen is also sometimes called displaced spleen, drifting spleen, floating spleen, splenic ptosis, splenoptosis, or systopic spleen. Wandering spleen is extremely rare, with approximately 50 recorded cases in children under 10 years of age.<\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congenital wandering spleen is a very rare birth defect in which the ligaments that hold the spleen in its usual position in the upper left abdomen (splenic peritoneal attachments) are missing or underdeveloped. Congenital wandering spleen has been observed in children from 3 months to 10 years old; the disorder is. most commonly found in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-w"],"yoast_head":"\nWandering spleen - Definition of Wandering spleen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Congenital wandering spleen is a very rare birth defect in which the ligaments that hold the spleen in its usual position in the upper left abdomen (splenic peritoneal attachments) are missing or underdeveloped. Congenital wandering spleen has been observed in children from 3 months to 10 years old; the disorder is. most commonly found in children who are younger than 1 year old. Wandering spleen is also sometimes called displaced spleen, drifting spleen, floating spleen, splenic ptosis, splenoptosis, or systopic spleen. Wandering spleen is extremely rare, with approximately 50 recorded cases in children under 10 years of age.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wandering-spleen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wandering spleen - Definition of Wandering spleen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Congenital wandering spleen is a very rare birth defect in which the ligaments that hold the spleen in its usual position in the upper left abdomen (splenic peritoneal attachments) are missing or underdeveloped. Congenital wandering spleen has been observed in children from 3 months to 10 years old; the disorder is. most commonly found in children who are younger than 1 year old. Wandering spleen is also sometimes called displaced spleen, drifting spleen, floating spleen, splenic ptosis, splenoptosis, or systopic spleen. Wandering spleen is extremely rare, with approximately 50 recorded cases in children under 10 years of age.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wandering-spleen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-01T05:26:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wandering-spleen\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wandering-spleen\/\",\"name\":\"Wandering spleen - Definition of Wandering spleen\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-01T05:26:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-01T05:26:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\"},\"description\":\"Congenital wandering spleen is a very rare birth defect in which the ligaments that hold the spleen in its usual position in the upper left abdomen (splenic peritoneal attachments) are missing or underdeveloped. Congenital wandering spleen has been observed in children from 3 months to 10 years old; the disorder is. most commonly found in children who are younger than 1 year old. Wandering spleen is also sometimes called displaced spleen, drifting spleen, floating spleen, splenic ptosis, splenoptosis, or systopic spleen. Wandering spleen is extremely rare, with approximately 50 recorded cases in children under 10 years of age.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wandering-spleen\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wandering-spleen\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wandering-spleen\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Wandering spleen\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"description\":\"Difinitions\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Wandering spleen - Definition of Wandering spleen","description":"Congenital wandering spleen is a very rare birth defect in which the ligaments that hold the spleen in its usual position in the upper left abdomen (splenic peritoneal attachments) are missing or underdeveloped. Congenital wandering spleen has been observed in children from 3 months to 10 years old; the disorder is. most commonly found in children who are younger than 1 year old. Wandering spleen is also sometimes called displaced spleen, drifting spleen, floating spleen, splenic ptosis, splenoptosis, or systopic spleen. Wandering spleen is extremely rare, with approximately 50 recorded cases in children under 10 years of age.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wandering-spleen\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Wandering spleen - Definition of Wandering spleen","og_description":"Congenital wandering spleen is a very rare birth defect in which the ligaments that hold the spleen in its usual position in the upper left abdomen (splenic peritoneal attachments) are missing or underdeveloped. Congenital wandering spleen has been observed in children from 3 months to 10 years old; the disorder is. most commonly found in children who are younger than 1 year old. Wandering spleen is also sometimes called displaced spleen, drifting spleen, floating spleen, splenic ptosis, splenoptosis, or systopic spleen. Wandering spleen is extremely rare, with approximately 50 recorded cases in children under 10 years of age.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wandering-spleen\/","og_site_name":"Glossary","article_published_time":"2021-06-01T05:26:18+00:00","author":"Glossary","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Glossary","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wandering-spleen\/","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wandering-spleen\/","name":"Wandering spleen - Definition of Wandering spleen","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-06-01T05:26:18+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-01T05:26:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5"},"description":"Congenital wandering spleen is a very rare birth defect in which the ligaments that hold the spleen in its usual position in the upper left abdomen (splenic peritoneal attachments) are missing or underdeveloped. Congenital wandering spleen has been observed in children from 3 months to 10 years old; the disorder is. most commonly found in children who are younger than 1 year old. Wandering spleen is also sometimes called displaced spleen, drifting spleen, floating spleen, splenic ptosis, splenoptosis, or systopic spleen. Wandering spleen is extremely rare, with approximately 50 recorded cases in children under 10 years of age.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wandering-spleen\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wandering-spleen\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wandering-spleen\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Wandering spleen"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/","name":"Glossary","description":"Difinitions","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5","name":"Glossary","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109421,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109420\/revisions\/109421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}