title: Combined subcutaneous, intrathoracic and abdominal splenosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Imam Reza Hospital, Golbad Ave., Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, Iran. rjrashid@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Javadrashid
authors.forename: Neda
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Paak
authors.forename: Ahad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salehi
mesh_terms: 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