Thoracic splenosis; from a thoracoscopic viewpoint.
Thoraic splenosis is a rare entity after splenic and diaphragmatic injury. We report on a patient who had left pulmonary masses on a routine chest roentgenogram. It was impossible to rule out the possibility of other tumors or malignancies from past history, radiographic findings and needle biopsy. The patient underwent a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. The resected tumor was diagnosed as the splenic tissue. This represents the first reported case, that diagnosed by video-assisted thoracoscopic resection, of thoracic splenosis. The course of dissemination of the splenic tissue to chest is considered to be the costophregmatic recessus by the intrathoracic findings thoracoscopically.
Tsunezuka
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan.
Sato
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010994:Pleura / Q000601:surgery; D013154:Spleen / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D017890:Splenosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014741:Video Recording