title: Intrathoracic splenosis presenting as persistent chest pain.
abstract: Thoracic splenosis is a rare entity resulting from splenic and diaphragmatic injury. Patients remain asymptomatic, and surgical intervention is not indicated in the majority of cases. We report a case of a 50-year-old male with a history of splenectomy due to a gunshot wound 30 years previously who presented with vague, progressively worsening chest pain. He was found to have a large intrathoracic splenosis. Unique features of our patient include the presence of symptoms, the significant interval growth of the splenic tissue, and the unprecedented size of the mass, which we believe to be the largest among those previously described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 317 E,17th St,, New York, NY 10003, USA. shin922@gmail.com
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukuhara
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tyagi
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karpeh
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reyes
mesh_terms: D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013156:Splenectomy; D017890:Splenosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot