Thoracic Splenosis: A Case Report and Noninvasive Diagnosis
Soonchunhyang Medical Science
;
: 149-151, 2014.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-95067
ABSTRACT
Thoracic splenosis is an autotransplantation of splenic tissue to thorax resulting from splenic and diaphragmatic injury. Thoracic splenosis is usually discovered incidentally on routine thoracic imaging as single or multiple left-sided pleural-based masses without symptoms. Traditionally, patients often undergo an invasive diagnostic procedures including thoracotomy to acquire tissue samples in order to exclude other causes of lung mass. The combination of imaging findings and clinical history make it avoid unnecessary invasive diagnostic procedure to confirm. Therefore, thoracic splenosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of asymptomatic patients with multiple, left-sided pleural-based nodules and previous history of thoracoabdominal injury and splenectomy. Here we report a case of thoracic splenosis diagnosed without invasive procedure.
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Main subject:
Splenectomy
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Thorax
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Thoracotomy
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Radionuclide Imaging
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Splenosis
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Diagnosis
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Autografts
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Lung
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Soonchunhyang Medical Science
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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