Splenunculus mimicking splenomegaly in a patient with synchronous herpes simplex 1 viremia and myelosuppression

Splenunculus, or congenital accessory spleen, is a benign anatomical variation, and is rarely of clinical consideration in routine clinical practice. We describe a patient who presented with synchronous herpes simplex 1 viraemia and myelosuppression, with a splenunculus mimicking splenomegaly, and w...

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Autores principales: Paul, Dion A., La, Paul Bao Duy, Abasszade, Joshua Haron
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9676125/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36419576
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6616
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description Splenunculus, or congenital accessory spleen, is a benign anatomical variation, and is rarely of clinical consideration in routine clinical practice. We describe a patient who presented with synchronous herpes simplex 1 viraemia and myelosuppression, with a splenunculus mimicking splenomegaly, and we discuss the implications on clinical practice, investigations, and management.
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spelling pubmed-96761252022-11-22 Splenunculus mimicking splenomegaly in a patient with synchronous herpes simplex 1 viremia and myelosuppression Paul, Dion A. La, Paul Bao Duy Abasszade, Joshua Haron Clin Case Rep Case Report Splenunculus, or congenital accessory spleen, is a benign anatomical variation, and is rarely of clinical consideration in routine clinical practice. We describe a patient who presented with synchronous herpes simplex 1 viraemia and myelosuppression, with a splenunculus mimicking splenomegaly, and we discuss the implications on clinical practice, investigations, and management. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-11-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9676125/ /pubmed/36419576 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6616 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Splenunculus mimicking splenomegaly in a patient with synchronous herpes simplex 1 viremia and myelosuppression
title Splenunculus mimicking splenomegaly in a patient with synchronous herpes simplex 1 viremia and myelosuppression
title_full Splenunculus mimicking splenomegaly in a patient with synchronous herpes simplex 1 viremia and myelosuppression
title_fullStr Splenunculus mimicking splenomegaly in a patient with synchronous herpes simplex 1 viremia and myelosuppression
title_full_unstemmed Splenunculus mimicking splenomegaly in a patient with synchronous herpes simplex 1 viremia and myelosuppression
title_short Splenunculus mimicking splenomegaly in a patient with synchronous herpes simplex 1 viremia and myelosuppression
title_sort splenunculus mimicking splenomegaly in a patient with synchronous herpes simplex 1 viremia and myelosuppression
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9676125/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36419576
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6616
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