Splenic Cysts and the Case of Mistaken Identity

Endometriosis is a well-described pathology, with anatomic location of endometrial cell implantation extending both intraperitoneal and rarely extraperitoneal. Interestingly, previous reports indicated that the spleen enjoys immunity to endometriosis. Here, we present a patient with unremitting abdo...

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Autores principales: Krzeczowski, Rachel M, Jackson, Theresa N, Kabbani, Wareef, Grossman Verner, Heather M, Sladek, Phillip
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Obstetrics/Gynecology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8913435/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35340504
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22012
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author Krzeczowski, Rachel M
Jackson, Theresa N
Kabbani, Wareef
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Sladek, Phillip
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description Endometriosis is a well-described pathology, with anatomic location of endometrial cell implantation extending both intraperitoneal and rarely extraperitoneal. Interestingly, previous reports indicated that the spleen enjoys immunity to endometriosis. Here, we present a patient with unremitting abdominal pain who, upon further workup, revealed multicystic disease of the spleen. The patient underwent an open splenectomy with pathology revealing intraparenchymal endometriosis likely due to seeding from traumatic splenorrhaphy. Two-week follow-up demonstrated resolution of symptoms and a well-healing incision with no postoperative complications.
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spelling pubmed-89134352022-03-25 Splenic Cysts and the Case of Mistaken Identity Krzeczowski, Rachel M Jackson, Theresa N Kabbani, Wareef Grossman Verner, Heather M Sladek, Phillip Cureus Obstetrics/Gynecology Endometriosis is a well-described pathology, with anatomic location of endometrial cell implantation extending both intraperitoneal and rarely extraperitoneal. Interestingly, previous reports indicated that the spleen enjoys immunity to endometriosis. Here, we present a patient with unremitting abdominal pain who, upon further workup, revealed multicystic disease of the spleen. The patient underwent an open splenectomy with pathology revealing intraparenchymal endometriosis likely due to seeding from traumatic splenorrhaphy. Two-week follow-up demonstrated resolution of symptoms and a well-healing incision with no postoperative complications. Cureus 2022-02-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8913435/ /pubmed/35340504 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22012 Text en Copyright © 2022, Krzeczowski et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/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 author and source are credited.
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