A Multinodular Mass of Abdominal Splenosis: Case Report of Uncommon Images of a Rare Disease.
Hiroyuki MatsubayashiEtsuro BandoHiroyasu KagawaKeiko SasakiHirotoshi IshiwatariHiroyuki OnoPublished in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2019)
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.
Keyphrases
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- fine needle aspiration
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- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- case report
- deep learning
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- magnetic resonance
- minimally invasive
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- machine learning
- diffusion weighted imaging
- lymph node
- dual energy
- coronary artery bypass
- optical coherence tomography
- atrial fibrillation
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