Immunological function was examined in children who had undergone splenectomy, in 8 for trauma, and in 11 for haematologic/oncologic reasons. Particular emphasis was placed on the effects of residual splenic tissue on immune function. Children in the elective group had no evidence of splenosis but 6 of the 8 trauma patients showed residual splenic activity. A general trend indicated that immuno...

Splenosis is a condition in which ectopic spleen tissue may be found in the peritoneal cavity or in other unusual locations due to heterotopic auto-transplantation and implantation of splenic tissue after splenic trauma or splenectomy. It is a benign condition that is often misdiagnosed as a tumor; therefore, knowledge of this condition is important when evaluating patients with a history of sp...

Thoracic splenosis is a rare entity resulting from splenic and diaphragmatic injury. Patients remain asymptomatic, and surgical intervention is not indicated in the majority of cases. We report a case of a 50-year-old male with a history of splenectomy due to a gunshot wound 30 years previously who presented with vague, progressively worsening chest pain. He was found to have a large intrathora...

Summary We report an unusual case of a cirrhotic patient with two different types hepatic lesions: Eventually, the was diagnosed hepatocellular carcinoma and splenosis. Possible diagnostic strategies differentiation between these entities are discussed.

TOPIC: Disorders of the Pleura TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Thoracic splenosis develops as a result auto-transplantation splenic tissue into thoracic cavity following and diaphragmatic injury. Less than 40 cases have been reported in literature so far it remains an elusive diagnosis.[1] The majority were asymptomatic presented incidental findings on imaging. Few sym...

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...

This case report describes a case of thoracic splenosis. Splenosis is often interpreted as malignancy on initial imaging. Case reports described in the literature reveal that diagnosis is most often confirmed with invasive investigations. A 99 m technetium-labelled sulphur colloid scan when used with single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) is highly specific fo...