title: Giant ectopic pelvic spleen: report of a case and review of the literature.
abstract: We report a case of giant ectopic pelvic spleen combined with an accessory spleen and confirmed by liver-spleen scan, angiography, magnetic resonance imaging, and surgical findings. In various reviews of the literature, no ectopic pelvic spleen larger than this one has been reported.
authors: Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors: J S
authors: JS
authors: Chen
authors: C L
authors: CL
authors: Lin
authors: C C
authors: CC
authors: Tsai
authors: K T
authors: KT
authors: Lee
authors: C G
authors: CG
authors: Ker
authors: P C
authors: PC
authors: Sheen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013154:Spleen