TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Symptomatic intrathoracic splenosis more than forty years after a gunshot injury
JO  - Curēus
A1  - Khan, Adnan
A1  - Khan, Sana
A1  - Pillai, Saran
SP  - e5985
EP  - e5985
VL  - 11
IS  - 10
N2  - 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.<br><br>Copyright © 2019, Khan et al.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2168-8184
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5985
ID  - ref1
ER  -