title: Massive and widely distributed splenosis.
abstract: A 45-year-old man, seropositive for hepatitis C, was examined because his liver was palpable well below the costal margin. A CT examination revealed multiple nodules within the liver and also several sites of ectopic tissue. The patient had a splenectomy 25 years before. A radiocolloid study showed uptake, consistent with splenosis, in the thorax, abdomen, pelvis, and possibly the left arm. The magnitude of the ectopic tissue, and its multiple locations, indicated the ability of splenic cells to grow in a variety of body sites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Therapeutics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06030-2804, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Vento
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Spencer
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Ramsey
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013156:Splenectomy; D017890:Splenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid