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Combined Intrathoracic and Subcutaneous Splenosis Discovered 51 Years after Abdominal Trauma

Splenosis is a rare condition that results from the autotransplantation of splenic parenchyma into unexpected locations such as the abdomen or subcutaneous tissue. In the presence of coexisting injury to the diaphragm intrathoracic transplantation can occur emerging as single or multiple pleural-bas...

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Autores principales: Gleason, James Benjamin, Hadeh, Anas, Diacovo, Maria Julia, Schroeder, Jonathan Ryan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4510120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26236530
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/969067
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Hadeh, Anas
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description Splenosis is a rare condition that results from the autotransplantation of splenic parenchyma into unexpected locations such as the abdomen or subcutaneous tissue. In the presence of coexisting injury to the diaphragm intrathoracic transplantation can occur emerging as single or multiple pleural-based masses. This occurs after traumatic rupture of the spleen and is usually asymptomatic, only to be discovered incidentally on routine thoracic or abdominal imaging. To our knowledge this is the third documented case of combined intrathoracic and subcutaneous splenosis found in English literature. This occurred in a 71-year-old male involved in a motor vehicle accident at age 19 requiring urgent splenectomy. He has a significant cigarette smoking history and was referred to our hospital for further evaluation of an abnormality seen on shoulder X-ray.
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spelling pubmed-45101202015-08-02 Combined Intrathoracic and Subcutaneous Splenosis Discovered 51 Years after Abdominal Trauma Gleason, James Benjamin Hadeh, Anas Diacovo, Maria Julia Schroeder, Jonathan Ryan Case Rep Pulmonol Case Report Splenosis is a rare condition that results from the autotransplantation of splenic parenchyma into unexpected locations such as the abdomen or subcutaneous tissue. In the presence of coexisting injury to the diaphragm intrathoracic transplantation can occur emerging as single or multiple pleural-based masses. This occurs after traumatic rupture of the spleen and is usually asymptomatic, only to be discovered incidentally on routine thoracic or abdominal imaging. To our knowledge this is the third documented case of combined intrathoracic and subcutaneous splenosis found in English literature. This occurred in a 71-year-old male involved in a motor vehicle accident at age 19 requiring urgent splenectomy. He has a significant cigarette smoking history and was referred to our hospital for further evaluation of an abnormality seen on shoulder X-ray. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-07-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4510120/ /pubmed/26236530 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/969067 Text en Copyright © 2015 James Benjamin Gleason et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under 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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Combined Intrathoracic and Subcutaneous Splenosis Discovered 51 Years after Abdominal Trauma
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title_full Combined Intrathoracic and Subcutaneous Splenosis Discovered 51 Years after Abdominal Trauma
title_fullStr Combined Intrathoracic and Subcutaneous Splenosis Discovered 51 Years after Abdominal Trauma
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title_short Combined Intrathoracic and Subcutaneous Splenosis Discovered 51 Years after Abdominal Trauma
title_sort combined intrathoracic and subcutaneous splenosis discovered 51 years after abdominal trauma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4510120/
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