Pelvic splenosis—A rare cause of pelvic mass

Splenosis is a medical condition that seldom occurs after splenic tissue spillage via trauma or surgery. Ectopic spleen tissues can be found almost anywhere within the body. Albeit benign, it is often misdiagnosed as a tumor. Surgery is not indicated unless symptomatic. The imaging of choice for pel...

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Autores principales: Degheili, Jad A., Abou Heidar, Nassib F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Clinical Image
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6878045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31788290
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2419
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description Splenosis is a medical condition that seldom occurs after splenic tissue spillage via trauma or surgery. Ectopic spleen tissues can be found almost anywhere within the body. Albeit benign, it is often misdiagnosed as a tumor. Surgery is not indicated unless symptomatic. The imaging of choice for pelvic splenosis, although conventional, is a sulfur colloid nuclear scintigraphy.
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spelling pubmed-68780452019-11-29 Pelvic splenosis—A rare cause of pelvic mass Degheili, Jad A. Abou Heidar, Nassib F. Clin Case Rep Clinical Image Splenosis is a medical condition that seldom occurs after splenic tissue spillage via trauma or surgery. Ectopic spleen tissues can be found almost anywhere within the body. Albeit benign, it is often misdiagnosed as a tumor. Surgery is not indicated unless symptomatic. The imaging of choice for pelvic splenosis, although conventional, is a sulfur colloid nuclear scintigraphy. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-09-16 /pmc/articles/PMC6878045/ /pubmed/31788290 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2419 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Pelvic splenosis—A rare cause of pelvic mass
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