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Application of Laparoscopic Partial Splenectomy with Total Blood Flow Occlusion in Benign Splenic Lesions
Published on: December 20, 2024
Thoracic splenosis
1Nuclear Medicine Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia.
Abstract:
The authors present a case that demonstrates the continued high sensitivity of Tc-99m SC liver-spleen imaging for thoracic splenosis. A patient with profound weight loss, positive PPD and left upper lobe lung density on a chest radiograph was felt to have a strong clinical suspicion of a malignant pulmonary lesion. Two needle biopsies of the lesion were consistent with splenic tissue. Transbronchial biopsy of the right lower lobe lung revealed metastatic adenocarcinoma of an unknown origin. A Tc-99m SC liver-spleen scan of the abdomen and thorax indicated the lung density was consistent with thoracic splenosis.
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