Braga, Joana and Pereira, Francisca and Fernandes, Cristiana and Silva, Marinha and Boncoraglio, Teresa and Oliveira, Carlos (2021) Abdominal Splenosis Mimicking a Colon Tumour. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 8 (1). pp. 1-3. ISSN ISSN: 2284-2594
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Abstract
Splenosis is a benign condition which results from the self-implantation of splenic tissue on intra or extraperitoneal surfaces, after splenic trauma or splenectomy. Patients are usually asymptomatic but may present with varied symptoms related to the implantation site. The diagnosis is a challenge because abdominal splenosis can mimic several diseases, including neoplasm. The gold standard examination for its diagnosis is scintigraphy with 99mTc-labelled heat-denatured erythrocyte. When splenosis is found in an asymptomatic patient, surgical removal is not indicated. A 57-year-old male patient presented with sporadic epigastric pain and a suspected mass in the recto-sigmoid transition. Abdominal ultrasound, CT and MRI identified this mass, its characteristics and location, but failed to distinguish its nature. However, given the patient’s past history of splenectomy and because the mass showed a similar sign to that of the splenic parenchyma, a hypothesis of abdominal splenosis was raised, which was confirmed by scintigraphy with 99mTc-labelled heat-denatured erythrocyte.In this case, the diagnosis was obtained before the patient was subjected to more invasive procedures, which are associated with high morbidity, and, as in most cases, no targeted intervention was necessary.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Splenosis, abdominal trauma, scintigraphy, fragile erythrocytes |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Dec 2021 15:06 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Dec 2021 15:06 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/21166 |
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