A Case of Thoracic Splenosis Diagnosed with Spleen Scintigraphy
Articles > Article · 2023
Authors: Hasan Yavuz, Fatih TAMER, Akın ÇİNKOOĞLU, Ayşegül AKGÜN, Ufuk ÇAĞIRICI
Respiratory Case Reports, Refereed Journals of Other Institutions, International, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM), 2023, vol 12, pp 15-18
DOI: 10.5505/respircase.2023.23281
Summary
Splenosis is the autotransplantation of spleen tissue to different parts of the body following a traumatic spleen and diaphragmatic rupture.Thoracic localization is very rare, usually asymptomatic, and detected incidentally.This paper describes a patient who had nonspecific symptoms and was diagnosed with thoracic splenosis using imaging methods without any invasive procedures.In cases with a history of trauma and spleen or diaphragmatic injury secondary to trauma, thoracic splenosis should be suspected when any pulmonary, pleural, or intrathoracic spaceoccupying lesion is detected in the left hemithorax, and the diagnosis should be made by effective and minimally invasive exclusion of malignant lesions.