Abdominal splenosis: CT and MRI features of 2 cases.
Splenosis is ectopic autotransplantation of splenic tissue after splenic trauma or surgery.(1) The most frequent locations are the surface of visceral peritoneum and parietal peritoneum. Liver and retroperitoneum are rarely involved.(1,2) We present here 2 cases of splenosis involving the liver and retroperitoneum with clinical information, imaging findings, and literature review.
Yang
Bin
B
Department of Radiology, Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Hangzhou 310006, China. yb1974126@sina.com
Yang
Guang-zhao
GZ
Shi
Pei-zhi
PZ
Zhou
He-Shan
HS
Zhu
Da-rong
DR
Li
Xiao
X
Xu
Ru-jun
RJ
D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D017890:Splenosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography