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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;74:2172-2174
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Accessory spleniculi in the right hemithorax

Lognathen Balacumaraswami, FRCSa*, Mark Yeatman, FRCSa, Arup Kumar Ghosh, FRCSa, Christopher Collins, MRCPathb, Christopher P. Forrester-Wood, FRCSa

a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom
b Department of Histopathology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom

Accepted for publication April 1, 2002.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Balacumaraswami, Level 06 Thoracic Office, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol BS2 8HW, UK United Kingdom.
e-mail: bala1log{at}hotmail.com

Accessory spleniculi are present in the thoracic cavity without a history of trauma due to anomalies in the development of spleen. We report the case of a 62-year-old woman with hereditary spherocytosis and previous splenectomy with an incidental mass on a chest radiograph and an indeterminate diagnosis on needle biopsy. The probable sequence of embryological events that may explain the anatomic presence of splenic tissue in the thorax is discussed.






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