BACKGROUND Systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE)is a chronic inflammatory disease primarily affecting young females.SLE can invade any organ,and various forms of splenic invasion have been reported.Manifestations include ...
Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province (No. 20192BAB215012 and No. 20212BAB206027);the Health Commission of Jiangxi Province (No. 20203206)
BACKGROUND Primary splenic angiosarcoma(PSA)is an extremely rare and aggressive mesenchymal malignancy with high metastatic potential and a poor prognosis.There are no established treatment guidelines for PSA,even for...
BACKGROUND The floating spleen refers to the spleen moving away from the normal anatomical position to other parts of the abdominal cavity.CASE SUMMARY In this report,we describe two cases of torsion of floating splee...
BACKGROUND Kaposi’s sarcoma(KS)is a malignancy that usually affects the skin of the lower extremities,and may involve internal organs.It originates from the vascular endothelium.It is well known that the development ...
BACKGROUND‘Splenosis’is defined as the autotransplantation of splenic tissue following trauma or surgery,usually in the form of intraperitoneal nodules.The proliferation of imaging techniques has resulted in increas...
BACKGROUND Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome(ARS)is an autosomal dominant genetic disease characterized by ocular developmental disorders and its association with torsion of wandering spleen(WS)has not been reported to date to...
BACKGROUND Splenic peliosis is a disease characterized by widespread blood-filled cystic cavities within the parenchyma. Patients with this disease are usually asymptomatic;therefore, spontaneous or trauma-related rup...
BACKGROUND Sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation(SANT)is a rare benign disease of the spleen with unknown origin.Clinical symptoms are inhomogeneous,and suspicious splenic lesion often found incidentally,leadi...
BACKGROUND Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is widely accepted as an alternative to surgery for management of complications of portal hypertension.TIPS has been used to treat portal vein thrombosis...