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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Tandon, Yasmeen K.
• Coppa, Christopher P.
• Purysko, Andrei S.

Titel

Splenosis: a great mimicker of neoplastic disease

Ist Teil von

• Abdominal radiology (New York), 2018-11, Vol.43 (11), p.3054-3059

Ort / Verlag

New York: Springer US

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Splenosis is a benign condition that can occur after splenic trauma or after surgery involving the spleen. These splenic implants are most often seen within the abdominal and pelvic cavities. On imaging, splenosis can be confused with multiple additional entities including metastatic disease, peritoneal carcinomatosis, peritoneal mesothelioma, abdominal lymphoma, renal cancer, hepatic adenomas, or endometriosis depending on its distribution. In all patients with history of splenic surgery or trauma, splenosis should be on the differential diagnosis of soft tissue nodules in the abdomen and pelvis, especially in the absence of systemic symptoms, to avoid unnecessary biopsy, chemotherapy, or surgery.