Combined subcutaneous, intrathoracic and abdominal splenosis.
We report a case of combined subcutaneous, intrathoracic, and abdominal splenosis who presented with attacks of flushing, tachycardia and vague abdominal pain. The patient's past medical history included a splenectomy due to abdominal trauma and years later, a lung lobectomy due to recurrent pneumonia. An enhancing solid mass adjacent to the upper pole of the left kidney and nodular pleural based lesions in the left hemi-thorax along with nodular lesions in subcutaneous tissue of the left chest wall suggested possible adrenal malignancy with multiple metastases. Histopathologic examination demonstrated benign lesions of ectopic splenic tissue.
Javadrashid
Reza
R
Department of Radiology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Imam Reza Hospital, Golbad Ave., Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, Iran. rjrashid@hotmail.com
Paak
Neda
N
Salehi
Ahad
A
D000005:Abdomen / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D017890:Splenosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D040521:Subcutaneous Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D013909:Thorax / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed