Intrathoracic splenosis: status after a motor vehicle accident
| Autor: | Shehab M. Elshazly, Isis Gayed |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Thorax
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Thoracic Diseases medicine Leukocytes Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radionuclide Imaging Hemopneumothorax Pelvis Diaphragmatic rupture business.industry Osteomyelitis Accidents Traffic Technetium General Medicine medicine.disease Diaphragm (structural system) Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Abdomen Radiology Splenic disease business Splenosis |
| Zdroj: | Clinical nuclear medicine. 25(12) |
| ISSN: | 0363-9762 |
| Popis: | The authors examined a 33-year-old man who was involved in a motor vehicle accident approximately 10 years previously and had sustained significant injuries, including splenic rupture, left diaphragmatic rupture, hemopneumothorax, and left lung collapse. Immediately, the patient was operated on: His spleen was removed and the left diaphragm was repaired. Ten years later, the patient was examined because of a new nonhealing ulcer overlying a right tibial fracture. A Tc-99m-labeled WBC scan was performed to rule out osteomyelitis. Although he had no chest- or abdominal-related complaints, the labeled WBC scan showed multiple foci of intense tracer uptake in the left hemithorax. These foci represent left intrathoracic splenosis after left diaphragmatic rupture. Splenosis is usually seen in the abdomen and pelvis and is unusual in the chest. |
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