A Multinodular Mass of Abdominal Splenosis: Case Report of Uncommon Images of a Rare Disease

Splenosis is a rare disease which typically forms single or multiple round masses. A 45-year-old male was referred for investigation of an abdominal mass. He had a history of splenic injury from a traffic accident at age 19. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed a well-enhanced, multi-nodular...

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Autores principales: Matsubayashi, Hiroyuki, Bando, Etsuro, Kagawa, Hiroyasu, Sasaki, Keiko, Ishiwatari, Hirotoshi, Ono, Hiroyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6787689/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31487850
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics9030111
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Sumario:Splenosis is a rare disease which typically forms single or multiple round masses. A 45-year-old male was referred for investigation of an abdominal mass. He had a history of splenic injury from a traffic accident at age 19. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed a well-enhanced, multi-nodular mass lesion, 3.5 cm in size, located below the stomach. An endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNAB) for the mass was inconclusive. A surgery was performed, and pathology of the resected mass confirmed splenosis. Clinicians must bear in mind the possibility of occurrence of splenosis after splenic trauma and its image variations.

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