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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 99, 361-363, Copyright © 1990 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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Thoracic splenosis. Case report and literature review

S Roucos, G Tabet, VA Jebara, MA Ghossain, J Biagini and B Saade
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hotel-Dieu de France, Saint Joseph University Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon.

Thoracic splenosis is the autotransplantation of splenic tissue into the thoracic cavity after thoracoabdominal trauma. We report a case of thoracic splenosis in a 35-year-old woman who had had a thoracoabdominal gunshot wound 12 years earlier. A review of the literature revealed 15 cases already reported. All patients had an asymptomatic thoracic lesion discovered on a plain chest film 9 to 32 years (mean 16) after the initial accident. In 13 cases an operation was necessary to establish the diagnosis. In two cases technetium 99m and indium 111 scans established the diagnosis.

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