TY  - JOUR
TI  - Thoracic splenosis mimicking pleural tumor after firearm  injury: A case report with long-term follow-up
AB  - Splenosis describe a clinical entity of autotransplantation after removal of the spleen secon-dary to a traumatic rupture or surgery. A  39-year-old female was referred to thoracic surgery department with complaints of severe chest pain. She had left thoracic and ab dominal gun-shot injury that occurred 19 years earlier. Thorax computed tomograhy and thorax magnetic resonance imaging revealed  pleural lesions. A video thoracoscopic biopsy disclosed splenosis in the patient. Splenic implants did not change in 6 years. The patient  has mild thoracic pain. Thoracic splenosis can occur in patients who underwent abdominothoracic gunshot injury. The implants did not  seem to change in long-term follow-up. Thoracic splenosis may occur, persist for years and it mimics pleural tumor after abdominal  gun-shot injury and does not seem to necessitate any surgical intervention including diaphragmatic repair.
AU  - Sönmez, Özge
AU  - Kılıç, Burcu
AU  - Turna, Akif
DO  - 10.14744/tjtes.2020.45787
PY  - 2022
JO  - Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi
VL  - 28
IS  - 2
SN  - 1306-696X
SP  - 222
EP  - 224
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/1136729
ER  -