Massive and widely distributed splenosis

John A. Vento; Fangyu Peng; Richard P. Spencer; William H. Ramsey

doi:10.1097/00003072-199911000-00003

Massive and widely distributed splenosis

John A. Vento, Fangyu Peng, Richard P. Spencer, William H. Ramsey

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Abstract

A 45-year-old man, seropositive for hepatitis C, was examined because his liver was palpable well below the costal margin. ACT examination revealed multiple nodules within the liver and also several sites of ectopic tissue. The patient had a splenectomy 25 years before. A radiocolloid study showed uptake, consistent with splenosis, in the thorax, abdomen, pelvis, and possibly the left arm. The magnitude of the ectopic tissue, and its multiple locations, indicated the ability of splenic cells to grow in a variety of body sites.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	845-846
Number of pages	2
Journal	Clinical nuclear medicine
Volume	24
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-199911000-00003
State	Published - Nov 1999

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Spleen
Splenosis

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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