Year: 2023
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Splenosis is the autotransplantation of spleen tissue to different parts of the body following a traumatic spleen and diaphragmatic rupture.Thoracic localization is very rare, usually asymptomatic, and detected incidentally.This paper describes a patient who had nonspecific symptoms and was diagnosed with thoracic splenosis using imaging methods without any invasive procedures.In cases with a history of trauma and spleen or diaphragmatic injury secondary to trauma, thoracic splenosis should be suspected when any pulmonary, pleural, or intrathoracic spaceoccupying lesion is detected in the left hemithorax, and the diagnosis should be made by effective and minimally invasive exclusion of malignant lesions.
Source: Respiratory Case Reports
Institutions: Ege University, Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4321795742