TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Thoracic splenosis mimicking pleural tumor after firearm injury: a case report with long-term follow-up
JO  - Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi
A1  - Sönmez, Özge
A1  - Kılıç, Burcu
A1  - Turna, Akif
SP  - 222
EP  - 224
VL  - 28
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1306-696X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/tjtes.2020.45787
ID  - ref1
ER  -