Splenosis mimicking lymphadenopathy
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Thoracic splenosis mimicking a pleuropneumonia
RATIONALE Splenosis is the development of one or more heterotopic splenic tissue autoimplants following rupture of the spleen and remains mostly asymptomatic. PATIENT CONCERNS We report a case of a 50-year old post-traumatic splenectomized man admitted for a left side community acquired pneumonia resistant to antibiotics. DIAGNOSES The diagnosis of intrathoracic ectopic spleen was suspected...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Surgical Case Reports
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2042-8812
DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjaa425