Intrathoracic Splenosis: Status After a Motor Vehicle Accident

The authors examined a 33-year-old man who was involved in a motor vehicle accident approximately 10 years previously and had sustained significant injuries, including splenic rupture, left diaphragmatic rupture, hemopneumothorax, and left lung collapse. Immediately, the patient was operated onHis s...

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Published in:Clinical nuclear medicine 2000-12, Vol.25 (12), p.1045-1046
Main Authors: GAYED, ISIS W, ELSHAZLY, SHEHAB M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents, Traffic
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Humans
Injuries of the abdomen. Foreign bodies of the digestive system
Leukocytes
Male
Medical sciences
Radionuclide Imaging
Splenosis - diagnostic imaging
Splenosis - etiology
Technetium
Thoracic Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Thoracic Diseases - etiology
Time Factors
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
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Summary:The authors examined a 33-year-old man who was involved in a motor vehicle accident approximately 10 years previously and had sustained significant injuries, including splenic rupture, left diaphragmatic rupture, hemopneumothorax, and left lung collapse. Immediately, the patient was operated onHis spleen was removed and the left diaphragm was repaired. Ten years later, the patient was examined because of a new nonhealing ulcer overlying a right tibial fracture. A Tc-99m–labeled WBC scan was performed to rule out osteomyelitis. Although he had no chest- or abdominal-related complaints, the labeled WBC scan showed multiple foci of intense tracer uptake in the left hemithorax. These foci represent left intrathoracic splenosis after left diaphragmatic rupture. Splenosis is usually seen in the abdomen and pelvis and is unusual in the chest.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/00003072-200012000-00025