Ectopic splenic tissues mimicking gastro-intestinal stromal tumour in a patient after splenectomy for a giant epithelial cyst of spleen: A case report.
| Autor: | Chung KM; Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region., Lau HY; Department of Surgery Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region., Lau WY; Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Electronic address: josephlau@cuhk.edu.hk. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | International journal of surgery case reports [Int J Surg Case Rep] 2015; Vol. 14, pp. 13-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Jul 10. |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.06.030 |
| Abstrakt: | Introduction: Ectopic splenic tissues left after a previous splenectomy can masquerade as a gastro-intestinal stromal tumour (GIST). Presentation of Case: Splenectomy was carried out for a 17-year-old girl with a giant epithelial cyst of spleen. Four years later, an upper endoscopy carried out for dyspepsia revealed two sub-mucosal lesions at the posterior wall of the gastric fundus. Computed tomography diagnosed a GIST. At operation, a dump-bell shaped extragastric mass was excised. Histology showed normal splenic tissues. Discussion: Giant epithelial cyst of spleen is rare. It is even rarer for ectopic splenic tissues left after splenectomy to masquerade as a GIST. Conclusion: Ectopic splenic tissues should be included as a differential diagnosis in a patient who has a history of splenectomy presenting with a sub-mucosal gastric tumour. (Copyright © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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