Thoracic splenosis after thoracoabdominal injury sustained 25 years previously

Cansever, Levent; Ceyhan, Süleyman; Kutluk, Ali Cevat; Seyrek, Yunus; Atabey, Firdevs; Fener, Neslihan; Kocatürk, Celalettin; Bedirhan, Mehmet Ali

doi:10.26663/cts.2017.0016

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“…The differential diagnosis of intrathoracic splenosis includes lung carcinomas, pleural metastases, lymphoma, malignant mesothelioma, invasive thymoma, gossypiboma and fibrous tumors of the pleura. Scintigraphy with Tc-99m-labeled and heat-altered erythrocyte is the gold standard method [5,6]. Thorax CT shows a well-defined, homogeneous, pleural-based nodule in the left hemithorax [7,8].…”

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Thoracic splenosis: a very rare cause of chest pain

Sezen¹,

Bilen²,

Kalafat³

et al. 2018

Curr Thorac Surg

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Intrathoracic splenosis presents a rare thoracic lesion occurring after splenectomy or abdominal trauma as a consequence of heterotopic autotransplantation and implantation of splenic tissue. We present a 38-yearold man with intrathoracic splenosis. He was admitted to hospital with chest pain. In computed tomography homogenous, smooth-edged multiple lesions were found. The patient was not able to be diagnosed with transthoracic fine needle aspiration biopsy. On the exploration, there were multiple lesions at the thoracic cavity and the masses were excised. Definitive pathology was reported as splenosis.

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