title: Abdominal splenosis mimicking hepatic tumor: a case report.
abstract: Diagnosis of abdominal splenosis is often undiagnosed until treatment for splenic rupture or splenectomy. This report describes a patient with splenosis mimicking hepatic tumor. The patient had a history of splenic trauma with splenectomy and chronic hepatitis C. After routine abdominal ultrasound revealed a liver nodule, further imaging studies, including magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography and angiography, were performed. After the patient eventually underwent surgery, pathology revealed splenic tissue. Despite its distinguishable clinical features, splenosis is difficult to identify by modern imaging modalities. Therefore, accurate and timely diagnosis of this disease requires constant vigilance.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hepato-biliary-pancreatic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ming-Lun
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Liang-Yen
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ching-I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Ming-Yen
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: Zu-Yau
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Wan-Long
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Chuang
authors.forename: Wen-Tsan
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Chun-Chieh
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Chiao-Yun
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017890:Splenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography