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Application of Laparoscopic Partial Splenectomy with Total Blood Flow Occlusion in Benign Splenic Lesions
Published on: December 20, 2024
[Splenosis: underdiagnosed entity]
M Echenique Elizondo1, J Arrosagarav, J P Sanz Jaka
1Servicio de Urología, Hospital de Mendaro, Guipúzocoa, España. gepecelm@sc.ehu.es
Objective:
To report a case of renal splenosis in a patient that had previously undergone splenectomy due to traumatic rupture.
Methods/Results:
A 42-year-old patient consulted for pancreatitis. A CT scan disclosed a mass behind the tail of pancreas, MRI assessment with gadolinium enhancement showed a left renal mass which was surgically resected. Histopathological analysis of the surgical specimen demonstrated splenic tissue.
Conclusions:
Splenosis should be considered in splenectomized patients with lesions compatible with tumors and should be distinguished from hyperplasia of accessory spleens.
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