@article{ref1,
title="Thoracic splenosis mimicking pleural tumor after firearm injury: a case report with long-term follow-up",
journal="Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi",
year="2022",
author="Sönmez, Özge and Kılıç, Burcu and Turna, Akif",
volume="28",
number="2",
pages="222-224",
abstract="Splenosis describe a clinical entity of autotransplantation after removal of the spleen secon-dary to a traumatic rupture or surgery. A 39-year-old female was referred to thoracic surgery department with complaints of severe chest pain. She had left thoracic and abdominal gun-shot injury that occurred 19 years earlier. Thorax computed tomograhy and thorax magnetic resonance imaging revealed pleural lesions. A video thoracoscopic biopsy disclosed splenosis in the patient. Splenic implants did not change in 6 years. The patient has mild thoracic pain. Thoracic splenosis can occur in patients who underwent abdominothoracic gunshot injury. The implants did not seem to change in long-term follow-up. Thoracic splenosis may occur, persist for years and it mimics pleural tumor after abdominal gun-shot injury and does not seem to necessitate any surgical intervention including diaphragmatic repair.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1306-696X",
doi="10.14744/tjtes.2020.45787",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/tjtes.2020.45787"
}