ReviewWorld journal of surgical oncology2018
Management of intrahepatic splenosis:a case report and review of the literature.
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- Solitary splenosis mimicking retroperitoneal tumor: a case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2026Article
- Splenoses and Other Ectopic and Heterotopic Splenic Tissue: The Use of Long-Lasting Enhancement in Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound to Avoid Unnecessary Intervention.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Abdominal ectopic splenosis in pregnancy: A case report.The Journal of international medical research · 2026Article
- Hepatic Focal Lesion Suspicious for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Patient with a History of Post-Traumatic Splenectomy: The Challenge of Differential Diagnosis with Intrahepatic Splenosis-Literature Review and Case Report.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- A Case of Ectopic Spleen Transplanted Into the Sigmoid Colon and Pelvic Peritoneum.Case reports in medicine · 2025Article
- Case Report: Adrenal gland splenosis mimicking a neuroendocrine tumor onFrontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Abdominopelvic Splenosis Resembling an Ovarian Malignancy: A Case Report.International journal of women's health · 2025Article
- Case Report: Post-splenectomy bulky pelvic splenosis in an adolescent with hereditary spherocytosis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Multiple intra-abdominal splenosis with imaging correlative findings: A case report and review of literature.Radiology case reports · 2024Article
- Application of multimodal imaging in the diagnosis of intrahepatic splenosis: Two case reports and a literature review.BJR case reports · 2022Article
- A case of hepatic splenosis in the setting of iron overload; multimodal and literature review.Radiology case reports · 2021Article
- Splenosis masquerading as gastric stromal tumor: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2021Article
- Perirectal intraperitoneal splenosis: A case report of MRI with laparoscopic correlation.Radiology case reports · 2021Article
- Coincidence of Intra-Abdominal Splenosis in a Patient with Advanced Ovarian Cancer: Case Report and Review of the Literature.Surgery journal (New York, N.Y.) · 2021Article
- Hepatic Arterial Buffer Response in Liver Radioembolization and Potential Use for Improved Cancer Therapy.Cancers · 2021Review
- Intrahepatic splenosis: a world review.Clinical and experimental hepatology · 2020Review
- Intrahepatic and intra-abdominal splenosis: A case report and review of literature.World journal of hepatology · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundSplenosis is the heterotopic autotransplantation and implantation of splenic tissue after splenic trauma or splenectomy. Considering that splenosis often occurs in the mesentery, omentum, and peritoneum, intrahepatic splenosis has seldom been reported. We report a rare case of isolated intrahepatic splenosis in a 54-year-old man who presented with a liver mass thought to be hepatocellular carcinoma. CASE PRESENTATION: A 54-year-old man was referred to our hospital for further evaluation of a liver lesion. The patient was asymptomatic and had a history of emergent splenectomy after a high-altitude falling accident. Abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed a 4.5 × 3.3 cm lesion that was located in segment IV of the left liver lobe. The lesion had an inhomogeneous enhancement during the arterial phase and diminished enhancement during the portal and equilibrium phases. Similar radiological features were also observed on a contrast magnetic resonance imaging scan. Partial hepatectomy was performed with the suspicion of hepatocellular carcinoma. Pathological examination of the liver specimen revealed intrahepatic splenosis.
conclusionSplenosis should be considered in differential diagnosis of a liver mass discovered years after splenic trauma or surgery. A proposed scoring system may be helpful in evaluating the suspicious degree of intrahepatic mass to be splenosis. Invasive treatments are not recommended for asymptomatic patients, since the splenosis can provide beneficial immunologic function.
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