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Thoracic splenosis as a differential diagnosis of juxtapleural nodules

Thoracic splenosis is rare and consists of ectopic implantation of splenic tissue into the chest after concomitant thoracic and abdominal trauma with diaphragm injury. It occurs in about 18% of cases of splenic ruptures. In almost all cases, diagnosis is given incidentally once patients are usually...

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Autores principales: Lopes, B., Almeida, L.R., Vicente, A.A., Marcellos, D.C., Corassa, M., Romano, R.F., Freire, F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3969606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26029518
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2013.10.001