Asymptomatic thoracic splenosis after thoracoabdominal trauma: establishing a diagnosis
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Thoracic splenosis more than 40 years after thoracoabdominal trauma.
Splenosis is a rare occurrence that is defined as autotransplantation of splenic tissue usually after splenic rupture due to trauma and subsequent splenectomy. Although splenosis most commonly occurs in the abdomen, the authors report a rare case of thoracic splenosis after remote thoracoabdominal trauma. A 62-year-old woman was found to have lower-lobe, pleural-based nodular lesions in juxtapo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Injury Extra
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1572-3461
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2004.12.050