Abdominal Multiple Splenosis Mimicking Liver and Colon Tumors: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
<p>Splenosis is not an uncommon disease. However, it is often misdiagnosed as malignant tumors, and then the patients underwent unnecessary operations. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to diagnose it prior to operation. We report a rare case of a 49-year-old female patient with liver and co...
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| author | Yahui Liu, Bai Ji, Guangyi Wang, Yingchao Wang |
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| description | <p>Splenosis is not an uncommon disease. However, it is often misdiagnosed as malignant tumors, and then the patients underwent unnecessary operations. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to diagnose it prior to operation. We report a rare case of a 49-year-old female patient with liver and colon splenosis, misdiagnosed as liver and colon tumors, and summarize experience how to diagnose it preoperatively according to literatures. We come to conclusion that in patients who ever underwent splenectomy especially owning to trauma, and were found mass in abdomen, clinicians must consider the existence of splenosis, and take some measures, such as scintigraphy with (99m) Tc labelled heat-denatured erythrocyte rather than biopsy, to diagnose it correctly to prevent unnecessary operations.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5b4c9375ec2842058fe08891be210d112022-12-22T03:42:06ZengIvyspring International PublisherInternational Journal of Medical Sciences1449-19072012-01-0192174177Abdominal Multiple Splenosis Mimicking Liver and Colon Tumors: A Case Report and Review of the LiteratureYahui Liu, Bai Ji, Guangyi Wang, Yingchao Wang<p>Splenosis is not an uncommon disease. However, it is often misdiagnosed as malignant tumors, and then the patients underwent unnecessary operations. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to diagnose it prior to operation. We report a rare case of a 49-year-old female patient with liver and colon splenosis, misdiagnosed as liver and colon tumors, and summarize experience how to diagnose it preoperatively according to literatures. We come to conclusion that in patients who ever underwent splenectomy especially owning to trauma, and were found mass in abdomen, clinicians must consider the existence of splenosis, and take some measures, such as scintigraphy with (99m) Tc labelled heat-denatured erythrocyte rather than biopsy, to diagnose it correctly to prevent unnecessary operations.</p>http://www.medsci.org/v09p0174.htm |
| spellingShingle | Yahui Liu, Bai Ji, Guangyi Wang, Yingchao Wang Abdominal Multiple Splenosis Mimicking Liver and Colon Tumors: A Case Report and Review of the Literature International Journal of Medical Sciences |
| title | Abdominal Multiple Splenosis Mimicking Liver and Colon Tumors: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full | Abdominal Multiple Splenosis Mimicking Liver and Colon Tumors: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_fullStr | Abdominal Multiple Splenosis Mimicking Liver and Colon Tumors: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Abdominal Multiple Splenosis Mimicking Liver and Colon Tumors: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_short | Abdominal Multiple Splenosis Mimicking Liver and Colon Tumors: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_sort | abdominal multiple splenosis mimicking liver and colon tumors a case report and review of the literature |
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