Posttraumatic thoracic splenosis and chronic aortic pseudoaneurysm.
Thoracic splenosis is the autotransplantation of splenic tissue into the pleural cavity, usually following traumatic injury that simultaneously involves the spleen and diaphragm. Intrathoracic splenosis is an uncommonly reported phenomenon. We present a case of intrathoracic splenosis in a patient with a chronic aortic pseudoaneurysm, both detected, incidentally, three decades after the traumatic event. The diagnosis of thoracic splenosis can be confirmed noninvasively, using 99mTc sulfur colloid nuclear scintigraphy.
Fidvi
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Department of Radiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla 10595, USA.
Kroop
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Klein
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D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D017890:Splenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D013909:Thorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013997:Time Factors; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid