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[Splenosis as a rare cause of abdominal pain].

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BACKGROUND Splenosis is the autotransplantation of splenic tissue in atypical locations in the abdomen, chest or other parts of the body. METHODS Authors present a case of splenosis in a 35 years old woman hospitalized with abdominal pain, who underwent splenectomy for traumatic rupture with splenic

Occult gastrointestinal bleeding and abdominal pain due to entero-enteric intussusception caused by splenosis.

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Intussusception is rare in adults. We report the first known case of adult intussusception caused by splenosis. The patient had chronic gastrointestinal bleeding and intermittent abdominal pain. The diagnosis of entero-enteric intussusception was made by CT scan. A laparoscopic-assisted small bowel

Splenosis: a management conundrum in acute abdominal pain.

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Chronic Abdominal Pain from Disseminated Splenosis.

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Combined subcutaneous, intrathoracic and abdominal splenosis.

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We report a case of combined subcutaneous, intrathoracic, and abdominal splenosis who presented with attacks of flushing, tachycardia and vague abdominal pain. The patient's past medical history included a splenectomy due to abdominal trauma and years later, a lung lobectomy due to recurrent

Bowel obstruction due to infarcted splenosis.

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We have presented a case of splenosis (autotransplantation of splenic tissue) after traumatic rupture of the spleen, which produced bowel obstruction. Although rarely symptomatic, these splenic implants must be considered in the differential diagnosis of abdominal pain with or without intestinal

Intrahepatic splenosis in a dog.

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A 10-year-old castrated male Standard Poodle presented with an acute onset of lethargy and abdominal pain. The animal had a history of traumatic splenic rupture requiring splenectomy 5 years previously. Surgical exploration revealed multiple cystic red nodules involving all liver lobes, several of

Pelvic splenosis-a very unusual location.

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We present a rare case of pelvic splenosis, and its imaging findings, in a 54-year-old female complaining of pelvic pain and vaginal bleeding for several months. Splenosis is a benign acquired condition defined as heterotopic auto-transplantation of splenic tissue to other compartments of the body

Small bowel obstruction due to splenosis 30 years after splenectomy

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Splenosis is the autotransplantation of splenic tissue into abnormal locations due to trauma or iatrogenically. Usually, this causes no symptoms, but in rare cases the mass effect of the transplanted nodules can cause small bowel obstruction. Resection of the culprit splenic tissue is recommended,

Laparoscopic surgical treatment of hepatic splenosis. A case report.

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OBJECTIVE Isolated hepatic splenosis is a rare but possible condition in abdominal surgery. At radiological imaging liver splenosis mimics malignant or pathological condition of the liver; obtaining a certain diagnosis prior to surgery is difficult. For this reason, the patients undergo to

[Abdominal splenosis].

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Splenosis is a common benign finding that occurs after splenic trauma or after splenectomy. It is auto-transplantation of splenic tissue and can be seen intra-abdominally, intra-thoracically and even subcutaneously. Splenosis is usually found incidentally at laparoscopy, laparotomy or on

Pelvic splenosis mimicking endometriosis, causing low abdominal mass and pain.

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Splenosis is the heterotopic autotransplantation of splenic tissue that usually follows traumatic splenectomy. The clinical significance of these splenic implants and the need for surgical removal is debatable. A case of a 35 year old woman, with post-traumatic splenectomy presenting with low

[Splenosis and pelvic pain. A report of a case and literature review].

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Initially described by Buchbinder and Lipkoff in 1929, esplenosis is the transplant of the splenic heterotopy weave in the abdominal cavity. It is observed after the splenic traumatic rupture and appendectomy. It occurs also during the embryonic development. The most frequent places where it takes

Pelvic splenosis--a gynaecological challenge.

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Pelvic splenosis is a post-traumatic spleen autotransplantation, which can mimic various gynaecological diseases. A case of a 39-year-old woman, who underwent partial splenectomy because of a road accident in her childhood, currently presenting with abdominal pain and suspected corpus luteus

A case of thoracoabdominal splenosis.

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We describe a case of a 38-year-old male with a remote history of motor vehicle trauma who presented to the emergency department with 1-week history of progressively worsening abdominal pain localized to the epigastric region. Patient history included splenectomy. Computerized tomography

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