title: Isolated intrathoracic spleen presenting as an enlarging chest mass. CT and MRI findings.
abstract: We present the first reported case of an isolated intrathoracic spleen. This presented as an enlarging chest mass in a 6-month-old infant. The lack of symptoms and absence of herniated bowel caused an interesting diagnostic problem which was elegantly solved by a combination of imaging modalities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, NY.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Fairhurst
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kuhn
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Brody
mesh_terms: D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed