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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:1934-1936
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Intrathoracic Splenosis

Vinod H. Thourani, MD, Jyotirmay Sharma, MD, Ignacio G. Duarte, MD, Joseph I. Miller, Jr, MD *

Joseph B. Whitehead Department of Surgery, Section of General Thoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Accepted for publication June 7, 2004.

* Address correspondence to Dr Miller, Crawford Long Hospital, Section of Thoracic Surgery, 550 Peachtree St, NE, Medical Office Tower, 6th Floor, Atlanta, GA30308 (Email: jmille6331{at}aol.com).

Intrathoracic splenosis is a rare condition involving autotransplantation of the splenic tissue into the pleural cavity. It is typically a result of diaphragmatic and splenic rupture after blunt or penetrating abdominal trauma. The diagnosis is usually determined by surgical biopsy of an incidental asymptomatic mass on a radiograph or computed tomography. The process is benign and can be generally followed with serial chest radiographs. We herein discuss a 34-year-old male who presented with sharp chest pains.




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