Tsai LL, Kaliannan K, Mortele KJ. Gallbladder splenosis: a hereto unreported mimicker of a gallbladder neoplasm.
Clin Imaging 2014;
39:318-20. [PMID:
25467423 DOI:
10.1016/j.clinimag.2014.10.018]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2014] [Revised: 10/27/2014] [Accepted: 10/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Splenosis is a completely benign entity that can mimic a primary mass or metastasis. Herein we report the first known case of gallbladder splenosis in a 49-year-old woman with an extensive surgical and medical history. Cross-sectional computed tomography and MRI demonstrated a single mass arising from the gallbladder fundus. Revelation of splenectomy, confirmed to be traumatic from medical records, raised the suspicion for splenosis. The diagnosis was confirmed with a Technecium-99m-labeled heat-damaged blood cell scan, considered the gold-standard for detection of ectopic splenic tissue.
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