Splenosis: underdiagnosed entity
Echenique Elizondo, M.; Arrosagarav, J.; Sanz Jaka, J.P.
Archivos Espanoles de Urologia 54(10): 1133-1135
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-0614 PMID: 11852525 Document Number: 528650
To report a case of renal splenosis in a patient that had previously undergone splenectomy due to traumatic rupture. 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. Splenosis should be considered in splenectomized patients with lesions compatible with tumors and should be distinguished from hyperplasia of accessory spleens.