title: Splenic mass with remote trauma history: a management dilemma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Delayed presentation of splenic trauma is a well described entity.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report two patients who presented with splenic abnormality found incidentally on imaging for other medical problems. A remote history of splenic trauma was elicited during clinical evaluation; 18 months in one patient and 11 years in the second patient. Both patients underwent surgical exploration.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Radiological investigations could not reassure us that the splenic abnormalities were benign, and their management was the subject of some debate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Beaumont Hospital and RCSI, Dublin 9, Ireland.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: McCarthy
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Broe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012253:Rib Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D012272:Ribs / Q000293:injuries*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors