Thoracic splenosis: Case report of a symptomatic case.

We report a rare symptomatic case of a 39-year-old man presenting with chest pain and multiple nodules revealed on a computed tomography scan. The patient underwent a surgical exploration and the pathological studies concluded to a thoracic splenosis. Indeed, the previous medical history of the patient revealed a left thoraco-abdominal traumatism during childhood. The aim of this paper is to emphasize that the diagnosis can now be performed using only imaging techniques such as technetium-99 sulfur colloid or labelled heat-denatured red blood cell scintigraphy to avoid unnecessary invasive procedures including thoracotomy. PMID: 32532660 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Chinese Journal of Traumatology - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: Chin J Traumatol Source Type: research