Citation

Khan A, Khan S, Pillai S. Cureus 2019; 11(10): e5985.

Affiliation

Emergency Medicine, Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital, Trivandrum, IND.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Curēus)

DOI

10.7759/cureus.5985

PMID

31807373

PMCID

PMC6876915

Abstract

Thoracic splenosis is a rare heterotopic autotransplantation of the spleen into the thorax that occurs after trauma or surgery involving the spleen. It is most commonly found incidentally on imaging in the left hemithorax. To the best of our knowledge, only six symptomatic cases of thoracic splenosis have been described in the literature so far. We present a case of thoracic splenosis in a male with a remote history of a gunshot injury during childhood, who presented with chest pain and shortness of breath.

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Language: en

Keywords

chest pain; ectopic spleen; intrathoracic splenosis; malignancy mimic; shortness of breath; splenectomy; splenosis; thoracoscopic surgery; trauma; vats