Abdominal splenosis mimicking hepatic tumor: a case report.
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.
Yeh
Ming-Lun
ML
Division of Hepato-biliary-pancreatic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Wang
Liang-Yen
LY
Huang
Ching-I
CI
Hsieh
Ming-Yen
MY
Lin
Zu-Yau
ZY
Chuang
Wan-Long
WL
Chang
Wen-Tsan
WT
Wu
Chun-Chieh
CC
Chen
Chiao-Yun
CY
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