title: Splenunculus masquerading as colonic malignancy.
abstract: A 60-year-old woman presented with a hard lump of 5 x 3 cm in the left hypochondrium of 4 months duration. Clinical evaluation and investigations pointed towards a probably malignant colonic growth near the splenic flexure. She underwent an exploratory laparotomy with resection of the lump with the associated colon. Histopathology proved it to be a splenunculus. The rarity of such a case is highlighted and the diagnostic challenge it poses is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, Sushrutnagar, Darjeeling, India. sombasu@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Somprakas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.forename: Ajay Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: Shyamapada
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Banerjee
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003082:Colectomy; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*