Thoracic splenosis; from a thoracoscopic viewpoint
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Thoracic splenosis; from a thoracoscopic viewpoint.
Thoraic splenosis is a rare entity after splenic and diaphragmatic injury. We report on a patient who had left pulmonary masses on a routine chest roentgenogram. It was impossible to rule out the possibility of other tumors or malignancies from past history, radiographic findings and needle biopsy. The patient underwent a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. The resected tumor was diagnosed as...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1010-7940
DOI: 10.1016/s1010-7940(97)00297-2