[Thoracic splenosis].
Thoracic splenosis is the autotransplantation of splenic tissue in the thorax after an injury of the spleen with a tear of the hemi-diaphragm. Usually, there is no symptom and it is unfrequent. A scintigraphy with 99 m. Tc. sulfur colloid and a scan with 99 m. Tc. tagged-heated red cells give the diagnosis. For now, it is no necessary to operate these patients to remove these thoracic nodules.
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Service de Chirurgie, Hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny.
Azorin
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Moreau
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Lamour
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de Saint-Florent
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D002828:Choristoma / Q000209:etiology*; D003964:Diaphragm; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D013154:Spleen; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000150:complications*; D013909:Thorax
Splénose thoracique.