title: [Usefulness of the scintigraphic assessment of the thoracic splenosis -- a case report].
abstract: Thoracic splenosis of the left lung and upper abdominal area was described. Left minithoracotomy was performed due to unclear results from a fine needle biopsy and following the suggestion to obtain a tissue sample. Clinical findings were similar to neoplasmatic disease; intraoperative extension of the disease was larger than CT view and correlated with postoperative assessment with (99m)Tc sulphur colloid. This confirmed the usefulness of scintigraphic assessment in preoperative diagnosis in order to avoid thoracotomy in such cases.
authors.affiliation: Oddział Kliniczny Chirurgii Klatki Piersiowej PAM w Szczecinie Kierownik. januszwojcik@neostrada.pl
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wójcik
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Grodzki
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kozłowska
authors.forename: Stanisław
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Urbański
authors.forename: Bartosz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kubisa
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications; D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D017890:Splenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D035423:Thoracic Cavity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m