Splenosis. A diagnosis to be considered

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2006

Authors

Jorge Cabral Ribeiro (Author) Other; Carlos Silva (Author) FMUP; Américo Santos (Author) Other

Journal

Title: International Braz J Urol

Vol. 32

Pages: 678-680

ISSN: 1677-5538

Indexing

Scopus - 6 Citations

Pubmed / Medline

Scientific classification

FOS: Medical and Health sciences > Clinical medicine

CORDIS: Health sciences > Medical sciences > Medicine > Urology

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-007-GY0

DOI: 10.1590/s1677-55382006000600008

Abstract (EN): The term splenosis applies to the autotransplanted splenic tissue resulting from seeding in the context of past splenic trauma or surgery. We report a 42-year-old man with a history of splenectomy observed for an incidentally found retrovesical mass thought to be an ectopic testicle. The abdominal laparotomy revealed multiple focuses of pelvic splenosis. As splenosis can be diagnosed through specific imaging studies one should always consider it in differential diagnosis of a mass discovered years after splenic surgery or trauma.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific