Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas, 2011 Splenosis is a benign condition caused by an ectopic autotransplantation of splenic tissues after splenic trauma or surgery. It usually occurs within the abdominal and pelvic cavity. Patients are generally asymptomatic and this entity is diagnosed accidentally.
Ksiadzyna, Dorota, Peña, Amado Salvador
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Laparoscopic Management of Abdominopelvic Splenosis: A Case Report. [PDF]
CureusSplenosis refers to the heterotopic autotransplantation of splenic tissue to various anatomical sites, most commonly following splenic trauma or splenectomy.
Ismail AM, Elbasateeny SS, Shafie A.
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Case Report: Adrenal gland splenosis mimicking a neuroendocrine tumor on <sup>68</sup>Ga-DOTATATE and <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT imaging. [PDF]
Front Med (Lausanne)Splenosis occurring in adrenal glands is relatively rare and is easily misdiagnosed as neoplastic lesions. Herein, we present a case of a 39-year-old woman who underwent a pancreatic tail resection and splenectomy 8 years ago due to caudal pancreatic ...
Hu X, Zhao W, Wang P.
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Solitary splenosis mimicking retroperitoneal tumor: a case report [PDF]
Int J Surg Case RepIntroduction: Splenosis is a rare benign disorder characterized by autotransplantation of splenic tissue after splenic trauma or splenectomy. Isolated retroperitoneal splenosis is extremely uncommon and can be easily misdiagnosed as a malignant neoplasm,
Liu W, Wang Q, Sun L, Qiu G, Yang N.
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Intrahepatic Splenosis Mimicking Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Case Series of Eleven Patients. [PDF]
Curr Med ImagingIntroduction Intrahepatic splenosis is an extremely rare intrahepatic mass, which is easily misdiagnosed and mistreated. There are a few reports in the literature that intrahepatic splenosis mimicking hepatocellular carcinoma in a patient with elevated ...
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Abdominal splenosis with acute torsion of an omental splenule
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2018 Abdominal splenosis can be an unexpected source of abdominal pain. Clinically, this diagnosis may be easily confused for any number of infectious or functional etiologies. Additionally, implanted splenules can evade radiographic testing. We report a case
Kelly A. Carman +2 more
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Thoracic splenosis initially misdiagnosed as lung neoplasms: An unusual case and literature review. [PDF]
Medicine (Baltimore)Objective: Thoracic splenosis, implantation of autologous splenic tissue into the chest after diaphragmatic splenic injury, is rare and frequently mistaken for malignancy, leading to inappropriate treatment. This case highlights the risk of misdiagnosing
Pei B, Hu Z, Pan F.
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Splenosis after splenectomy and spleen tissue autoimplantation: Late followup study
Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, 2012 Aim : In children suffering from severe hepatosplenic schistosomiasis, the surgical protocol includes splenectomy and autoimplantation of spleen morsels in the major omentum, which has the potential of reducing the overwhelming postsplenectomy infection (
Carlos T Brandt +4 more
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Subcutaneous Splenosis of the Abdominal Wall: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature [PDF]
Case Reports in Surgery, 2013 Splenosis is a common benign condition that occurs after splenic rupture via trauma or surgery. The mechanism behind splenic cell autotransplantation begins with the splenic rupture, either from trauma or surgical removal.
Evangelia Papakonstantinou +8 more
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Prostate cancer with incidental thoracic splenosis: a diagnostic challenge unveiled by 18 F-PSMA PET/CT imaging. [PDF]
J Cardiothorac SurgThoracic splenosis is a rare condition caused by autotransplantation of splenic tissue into the thoracic cavity following thoracoabdominal trauma or surgery.
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