Thoracic splenosis mimicking thoracic schwannoma: Case report and review of the literature

Ali M. Alaraj; Roukoz B. Chamoun; Nader S. Dahdaleh; Pierre M. Sfeir; Mohamad S. Miski; Zaher K. Otrock; Ghassan S. Skaf

doi:10.1016/j.surneu.2004.11.005

Thoracic splenosis mimicking thoracic schwannoma: Case report and review of the literature

Ali M. Alaraj, Roukoz B. Chamoun, Nader S. Dahdaleh, Pierre M. Sfeir, Mohamad S. Miski, Zaher K. Otrock, Ghassan S. Skaf^*

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Background: Thoracic splenosis is a rare entity. It occurs sometime after splenic and diaphragmatic injury, and it is rarely symptomatic. Case Description: We report a case of left upper thoracic paraspinal splenosis 25 years after a thoracoabdominal penetrating trauma that required a splenectomy. The pathology was suspected on a routine chest x-ray and it mimicked a schwannoma on magnetic resonance imaging. Less than 40 cases of thoracic splenosis were described in the literature, but few were misinterpreted as schwannoma. Conclusion: Alertness to the possibility of thoracic splenosis can lead to confirmation of the diagnosis with technetium Tc 99m-tagged red blood cell radionuclide scanning based on a previous history of traumatic splenectomy.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	185-188
Number of pages	4
Journal	Surgical Neurology
Volume	64
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surneu.2004.11.005
State	Published - Aug 2005

Keywords

Schwannoma
Splenosis
Thoracic lesions

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Surgery
Clinical Neurology

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