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Hepatic spleen nodules (HSN)
- Source :
- Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology. 45(5)
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Hepatic splenosis is a nodular implant of normal spleen tissue in the liver. This innocent liver nodule is frequently misinterpreted as a malignancy. Almost all hepatic splenoses have been associated with a clinical history of splenic trauma or prior surgery. This report describes two cases of hepatic splenosis. In both patients, the nodular lesions were initially thought to be liver malignancies and they were ultimately assessed by histology. The clinico-pathological findings of all published cases of liver splenosis underwent critical review. Although they are rare, hepatic spleen nodules should always be included in the diagnostic spectrum of nodular liver lesions because of their impact on treatment decisions.
- Subjects :
- Diagnostic Imaging
Male
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Esophageal Neoplasms
medicine.medical_treatment
Spleen
Malignancy
Angioma
Diagnosis, Differential
medicine
Carcinoma
Humans
Aged
Vascular disease
business.industry
Gastroenterology
Nodule (medicine)
Histology
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Esophagectomy
medicine.anatomical_structure
Liver
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Female
medicine.symptom
business
Splenosis
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15027708
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....fe10ba465eae4ce9b37d3209f934dfca