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Abdominal splenosis mimicking peritoneal deposits- A case report.

Splenosis is a benign condition among patients with a history of splenic trauma or surgery. Most cases of splenosis are intra abdominal due to direct seeding of surrounding structures, although these heterotopic rests may occur almost anywhere in the body, and its diffuse nature may raise the suspic...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Kamini, Ahluwalia, Archana, Jain, Tanica, Saggar, Kavita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4191696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25309669
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.269.3413
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author Gupta, Kamini
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description Splenosis is a benign condition among patients with a history of splenic trauma or surgery. Most cases of splenosis are intra abdominal due to direct seeding of surrounding structures, although these heterotopic rests may occur almost anywhere in the body, and its diffuse nature may raise the suspicion of metastatic cancer. The increased prevalence of abdominal trauma due to road accidents and the growing armamentarium of available imaging modalities suggest that abdominal splenosis may be expected more often than ever. We, in this article emphasize the crucial role of taking a thorough patient's medical history concerning splenic trauma in the past and the use of novel non invasive diagnostics modalities that allow accurate diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-41916962014-10-10 Abdominal splenosis mimicking peritoneal deposits- A case report. Gupta, Kamini Ahluwalia, Archana Jain, Tanica Saggar, Kavita Pan Afr Med J Case Report Splenosis is a benign condition among patients with a history of splenic trauma or surgery. Most cases of splenosis are intra abdominal due to direct seeding of surrounding structures, although these heterotopic rests may occur almost anywhere in the body, and its diffuse nature may raise the suspicion of metastatic cancer. The increased prevalence of abdominal trauma due to road accidents and the growing armamentarium of available imaging modalities suggest that abdominal splenosis may be expected more often than ever. We, in this article emphasize the crucial role of taking a thorough patient's medical history concerning splenic trauma in the past and the use of novel non invasive diagnostics modalities that allow accurate diagnosis. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014-04-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4191696/ /pubmed/25309669 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.269.3413 Text en © Kamini Gupta et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Abdominal splenosis mimicking peritoneal deposits- A case report.
title Abdominal splenosis mimicking peritoneal deposits- A case report.
title_full Abdominal splenosis mimicking peritoneal deposits- A case report.
title_fullStr Abdominal splenosis mimicking peritoneal deposits- A case report.
title_full_unstemmed Abdominal splenosis mimicking peritoneal deposits- A case report.
title_short Abdominal splenosis mimicking peritoneal deposits- A case report.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4191696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25309669
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