A rare benign intrathoracic mass in a patient with history of rocket explosion
Thoracic splenosis is rare benign condition that follows trauma leading to diaphragmatic injury. Most of the patients including ours present with a clear traumatic event leading to autotransplantation of spleen in thoracic cavity. Mostly diagnosed incidentally and we need to avoid unnecessary workup...
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| author | Jagpal Singh Klair Chitharanjan Duvoor Nikhil Meena |
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| description | Thoracic splenosis is rare benign condition that follows trauma leading to diaphragmatic injury. Most of the patients including ours present with a clear traumatic event leading to autotransplantation of spleen in thoracic cavity. Mostly diagnosed incidentally and we need to avoid unnecessary workup including radiological and invasive. It is a very important case which signifies importance of good history taking and initial imaging for making diagnosis and making our pulmonogist and internist aware of this diagnosis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-91a57f8dad244c2aacdb4461a936bc902022-12-22T02:53:19ZengElsevierRespiratory Medicine Case Reports2213-00712015-01-0114C4610.1016/j.rmcr.2014.11.003A rare benign intrathoracic mass in a patient with history of rocket explosionJagpal Singh Klair0Chitharanjan Duvoor1Nikhil Meena2Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USAThoracic splenosis is rare benign condition that follows trauma leading to diaphragmatic injury. Most of the patients including ours present with a clear traumatic event leading to autotransplantation of spleen in thoracic cavity. Mostly diagnosed incidentally and we need to avoid unnecessary workup including radiological and invasive. It is a very important case which signifies importance of good history taking and initial imaging for making diagnosis and making our pulmonogist and internist aware of this diagnosis.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007114000495ThoracicSpleenTraumaDiaphragmRemoval |
| spellingShingle | Jagpal Singh Klair Chitharanjan Duvoor Nikhil Meena A rare benign intrathoracic mass in a patient with history of rocket explosion Respiratory Medicine Case Reports Thoracic Spleen Trauma Diaphragm Removal |
| title | A rare benign intrathoracic mass in a patient with history of rocket explosion |
| title_full | A rare benign intrathoracic mass in a patient with history of rocket explosion |
| title_fullStr | A rare benign intrathoracic mass in a patient with history of rocket explosion |
| title_full_unstemmed | A rare benign intrathoracic mass in a patient with history of rocket explosion |
| title_short | A rare benign intrathoracic mass in a patient with history of rocket explosion |
| title_sort | rare benign intrathoracic mass in a patient with history of rocket explosion |
| topic | Thoracic Spleen Trauma Diaphragm Removal |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007114000495 |
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