BACKGROUND Splenosis is a rare benign disease that often disguises itself as a malignant tumor.There are few articles providing a comprehensive description of splenosis,especially cases located in the stomach being tr...
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 Mass lesions located in the wall of the stomach(and also of the bowel)are referred to as“intramural.”The differential diagnosis of such lesions can be challenging in some cases.As such,it may occur that a...
Thoracic splenosis is the autotransplantation of splenic tissue in the left thoracic cavity as a result of a splenic injury. This rare pathology is usually asymptomatic and may be discovered on incidental imaging, but...
BACKGROUND Splenosis is defined as the process by which tissue from the spleen disseminates through the body and grows in an ectopic location following trauma or a splenectomy.Visceral sites of splenosis are rare.CASE...
To the Editor:A 49-year-old woman with a 15-year history of splenectomy due to accident trauma presented with asymptomatic small-sized masses staying at the Douglas fossa in a routine obstetric examination.She was imm...
A 61-year-old man with locally advanced prostate cancer was found to have multiple solid intra-abdominal solid lesions during staging investigations.While some were in the pelvis,they were not located in the common la...
Splenosis is a condition in which splenic tissue is present in a non-anatomical position. Implants of splenic tissue can mimic neoplasms and only specific examinations can confirm the correct diagnosis. Here we report...
Hepatic splenosis refers to heterotopic auto- transplantation and implantation of splenic tissue resulting from the spillage of cells from the spleen after splenic trauma or splenectomy. The true incidence of splenosi...
Splenosis is ectopic autotransplantation of splenic tissue after splenic trauma or surgery.The most frequent locations are the surface of visceral peritoneum and parietal peritoneum.Liver and retroperitoneum are rarel...