Splenosis, Autotransplantation of Splenic Tissue Following Trauma

Traumatic subcutaneous translocation of the spleen in an Old English sheepdog

“…Splenosis is the autotransplantation and survival of splenic fragments in other tissues following trauma or surgery (Gammill andVan Craig 1969, Fleming andothers 1976). The fragments may survive on any tissue surface, and up to a 100 small splenic nodules have been reported in the abdomen after smearing of pulp (Fleming and others 1976).…”

“…The fragments may survive on any tissue surface, and up to a 100 small splenic nodules have been reported in the abdomen after smearing of pulp (Fleming and others 1976). There are over 100 reported cases of splenosis in the medical literature, of which the majority were intra-abdominal or intrathoracic (Gammill and Van Craig 1969, Fleming and others 1976, Baack and others 1990, Hibbeln and others 1995. Splenosis is usually asymptomatic, but there are reports of splenosis nodules causing clinical disease due to implantation in various unusual sites (Gammill andVan Craig 1969, Rickert andothers 1998).…”