title: [Thoracic splenosis].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie, Hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Destable
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Azorin
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Moreau
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lamour
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: de Saint-Florent
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Splénose thoracique.