Combined subcutaneous, intrathoracic and abdominal splenosis

Arch Iran Med. 2010 Sep;13(5):436-9.

Abstract

We report a case of combined subcutaneous, intrathoracic, and abdominal splenosis who presented with attacks of flushing, tachycardia and vague abdominal pain. The patient's past medical history included a splenectomy due to abdominal trauma and years later, a lung lobectomy due to recurrent pneumonia. An enhancing solid mass adjacent to the upper pole of the left kidney and nodular pleural based lesions in the left hemi-thorax along with nodular lesions in subcutaneous tissue of the left chest wall suggested possible adrenal malignancy with multiple metastases. Histopathologic examination demonstrated benign lesions of ectopic splenic tissue.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdomen / pathology*
  • Adult
  • Biopsy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Splenectomy / adverse effects
  • Splenosis / diagnosis*
  • Splenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Splenosis / pathology
  • Subcutaneous Tissue / pathology*
  • Thorax / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed