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Ma X, Gao J, Li Y, Xie J, Feng Z, Jia X, Chen W. Transplantation of splenic tissue after splenectomy: A case report. Exp Ther Med 2022; 24:612. [PMID: 36160907 PMCID: PMC9468849 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2022.11549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Transplantation of splenic tissue is a rare condition that usually occurs after splenic trauma and splenectomy. It usually requires surgery for diagnosis and treatment. A 38-year-old Asian male with familial hemolytic disease underwent laparoscopic splenectomy for a traumatic rupture of the spleen one year prior. The patient developed middle-upper abdominal pain without any obvious cause, radiating to the back and chest seven months prior to presentation. The condition improved with conservative treatment but the patient experienced recurrent episodes. Abdominal CT suggested multiple gallstones in the gallbladder that changed after splenectomy and multiple nodules in the original splenic area; thus, transplantation of splenic tissue was considered. MRI suggested thick gall bladder bile, multiple stones and cholecystitis, and the spleen was not observed (the patient underwent laparoscopic splenectomy at our hospital one year previously due to traumatic splenic rupture); furthermore, there were multiple abnormal signal foci in the splenic area, so the possibility of spleen implantation was considered. Considering the patient's family history of a hereditary hemolytic disease, laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed simultaneously with laparoscopic accessory splenectomy. The final pathological report revealed chronic cholecystitis, mixed calculi, red pulp dilation, hyperemia and bleeding in round tissue with blood clot formation and acute and chronic inflammatory cell infiltration. Clinicians must bear in mind the possibility of splenosis after splenic trauma and its image variations.
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Affiliation(s)
- Xiaoming Ma
- Department of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Souzhou, Jiangsu 215004, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Souzhou, Jiangsu 215004, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Souzhou, Jiangsu 215004, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Souzhou, Jiangsu 215004, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Souzhou, Jiangsu 215004, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Souzhou, Jiangsu 215004, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Souzhou, Jiangsu 215004, P.R. China
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Smoot T, Revels J, Soliman M, Liu P, Menias CO, Hussain HH, Savas H, Gaballah AH. Abdominal and pelvic splenosis: atypical findings, pitfalls, and mimics. Abdom Radiol (NY) 2022; 47:923-947. [PMID: 35076742 DOI: 10.1007/s00261-021-03402-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Splenosis is an acquired form of ectopic splenic tissue that typically arises after trauma or splenectomy. It is often an incidental image finding in an otherwise asymptomatic patient, but the spectrum of symptoms varies based on the site of implantation. Radiologists should be familiar with the imaging features of splenosis to avoid mistaking it for malignancy. Splenosis has identical imaging features to that of the native spleen on US, CT, MRI, and nuclear medicine examinations. Therefore, when the radiologic findings support the diagnosis of splenosis, the patient can be spared invasive procedures for tissue sampling.
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- Travis Smoot
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Missouri, One Hospital Dr. Columbia, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 48109, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 48109, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Missouri, One Hospital Dr. Columbia, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA.
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Zheng HD, Xu JH, Sun YF. Splenosis masquerading as gastric stromal tumor: A case report. World J Clin Cases 2021; 9:5724-5729. [PMID: 34307631 PMCID: PMC8281394 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i20.5724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Revised: 04/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Splenosis is a rare benign disease that often disguises itself as a malignant tumor. There are few articles providing a comprehensive description of splenosis, especially cases located in the stomach being treated by laparoscopic surgery.
CASE SUMMARY A 44-year-old man presented with recurrent upper abdominal pain for more than half a year. The patient had splenic rupture caused by trauma more than 10 years ago and underwent splenectomy. An abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan revealed an irregular soft tissue density. Gastroscopy revealed an approximately 3.0 cm × 3.0 cm mucosal eminence at the posterior wall of the upper segment of the gastric body. Biopsy was not performed since the lesion was found under the mucosa and the gastric mucosa appeared normal. According to these findings, a diagnosis of gastric stromal tumor was made, although a definitive differential diagnosis was not known before surgery. When laparoscopic resection of the gastric stromal tumor was performed, an astonishing finding was made when postoperative pathology showed that the lesion comprised typical spleen tissue.
CONCLUSION This case highlights the strong similarities between splenosis and malignant tumors. A detailed medical history combined with various effective auxiliary examinations can help improve differential diagnosis.
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- Hui-Da Zheng
- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, Fujian Province, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, Fujian Province, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, Fujian Province, China
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Schmidt SC, Möller J, Bürgel N, Radke C, Beyer L, Marusch F. Minimally invasive accessory splenectomy for recurrent gastric variceal bleeding due to left-sided portal hypertension: report of the first case. J Surg Case Rep 2021; 2021:rjab008. [PMID: 33604020 PMCID: PMC7877905 DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjab008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Upper gastrointestinal bleeding from esophagogastric varices is a common scenario, especially in patients with portal hypertension induced by liver cirrhosis or other diseases with thrombosis of the splenic vein. However, accessory spleen as pathophysiological cause of a regional, left-sided portal hypertension and consecutive development of isolated gastric varices is rare. We report a case of recurrent gastric variceal bleeding resulting from sinistral portal hypertension associated with an accessory spleen in a patient who had traumatic splenectomy many decades before. The accessory spleen is an extremely rare cause for the development of regional, left-sided portal hypertension leading to isolated gastric varices. Minimally invasive splenectomy is a safe and efficient treatment option.
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- S C Schmidt
- Department for Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Ernst von Bergmann Clinic, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department for Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Ernst von Bergmann Clinic, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department for Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Ernst von Bergmann Clinic, Potsdam, Germany
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- Institute for Pathology, Ernst von Bergmann Clinic, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department for Radiology, Ernst von Bergmann Clinic, Potsdam, Germany
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- Clinic for General-, Visceral-, Vascular- and Thoracic Surgery, Ernst von Bergmann Clinic, Potsdam, Germany
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Splenosis: An underappreciated cause of gastrointestinal bleeding in splenectomized patients. Case report and literature review. GASTROENTEROLOGIA Y HEPATOLOGIA 2020; 44:369-373. [PMID: 33172692 DOI: 10.1016/j.gastrohep.2020.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Revised: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Matsubayashi H, Bando E, Kagawa H, Sasaki K, Ishiwatari H, Ono H. A Multinodular Mass of Abdominal Splenosis: Case Report of Uncommon Images of a Rare Disease. Diagnostics (Basel) 2019; 9:diagnostics9030111. [PMID: 31487850 PMCID: PMC6787689 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics9030111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2019] [Revised: 09/01/2019] [Accepted: 09/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Splenosis is a rare disease which typically forms single or multiple round masses. A 45-year-old male was referred for investigation of an abdominal mass. He had a history of splenic injury from a traffic accident at age 19. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed a well-enhanced, multi-nodular mass lesion, 3.5 cm in size, located below the stomach. An endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNAB) for the mass was inconclusive. A surgery was performed, and pathology of the resected mass confirmed splenosis. Clinicians must bear in mind the possibility of occurrence of splenosis after splenic trauma and its image variations.
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- Division of Gastric Surgery, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Suntogun, Shizuoka 411-8777, Japan.
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- Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Suntogun, Shizuoka 411-8777, Japan.
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- Division of Pathology, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Suntogun, Shizuoka 411-8777, Japan.
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- Division of Endoscopy, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Suntogun, Shizuoka 411-8777, Japan.
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- Division of Endoscopy, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Suntogun, Shizuoka 411-8777, Japan.
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Guan B, Li XH, Wang L, Zhou M, Dong ZW, Luo GJ, Meng LP, Hu J, Jin WY. Gastric fundus splenosis with hemangioma masquerading as a gastrointestinal stromal tumor in a patient with schistosomiasis and cirrhosis who underwent splenectomy: A case report and literature review. Medicine (Baltimore) 2018; 97:e11461. [PMID: 29979450 PMCID: PMC6076098 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000011461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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RATIONALE Splenosis is the heterotopic auto-transplantation of the splenic tissues. Gastric splenosis in a rare location mimics a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). Gastric splenosis with hemangioma has not been reported throughout the literature. PATIENT CONCERNS We report a case of a 74-year-old schistosomiasis cirrhosis splenectomy woman diagnosed with gastric fundus mass. Preoperative computed tomography and endoscopic ultrasonography revealed findings suggestive of a GIST. DIAGNOSES The mass located in the gastric fundus muscularis propria, measuring 3.9 × 2.8 × 2.4 cm with a dark red color, was removed by surgery. In the mass, a 1 × 1-cm red-purple nodule was also found. On microscopic examination, a well-formed splenic tissue divided into two compartments-white pulp and red pulp-separated by an ill-defined interphase known as the marginal zone. However, a nodule in the heterotopic spleen was mainly composed of larger thin-walled muscular vessels. The final diagnosis was gastric splenosis with hemangioma. INTERVENTIONS After discussion in a multidisciplinary conference, the patient was considered for a GIST resection under gastroscopy. In the process of peeling, the surface of the mucosal, submucosal, muscle layers and the tumor surface were diffusely oozing. The effect of electrocoagulation and hemostasis was extremely poor. Therefore, endoscopic surgery was arrested. After dealing with the patient's family, a combination of laparoscopic-gastroscope double-mirror surgery was decided in accordance with the principle of minimally invasive surgery to preserve the stomach. Owing to several adhesions and concealed the location of tumor, we stopped the double-mirror combination surgery plan. Considering the great possibility of a malignant GIST, we still decided to continue the traditional surgical resection. The tumor was then removed via surgery OUTCOMES:: The patient was favorable with healing and discharged on postoperative day 10. LESSONS Gastric splenosis with an associated hemangioma is the first well-documented case. Its pathogenesis may be direct implantation. Appropriate medical history taking and Tc-99 m heat-denatured RBC spleen scintigraphy (Tc-99MHDRS) are valuable for its diagnosis; however, pathology is the gold standard. Surgery is a reasonable treatment for gastric splenosis with hemangioma.
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery
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- Department of Hematologic Oncology, Shanghai 6th People's Hospital Jinshan Branch, Shanghai, PR China
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