title: Renal splenic heterotopia with extramedullary hematopoiesis in a thalassemic patient, simulating renal neoplasm: a case report.
abstract: Intrarenal splenic tissue (splenorenal heterotopia) is a rare condition. Simultaneous existence of splenorenal heterotopia and extramedullary hematopoiesis in a same patient can present as a mass of kidney. We present an interesting case of splenorenal heterotopia with extramedullary hematopoiesis in a thalassemic child simulating as a renal neoplasm. This is the first reported case in the right kidney.
authors.affiliation: Dr Sheikh Children's Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran. m-hiradfar@mums.ac.ir
authors.forename: Mehran
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hiradfar
authors.forename: Nona
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zabolinejad
authors.forename: Nona
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zabolinejadm
authors.forename: Abdolla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Banihashem
authors.forename: Abdol-Mohammad
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kajbafzadeh
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006411:Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D013154:Spleen; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D017086:beta-Thalassemia / Q000150:complications*