Madjar S, Weissberg D
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine, E Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel.
Thorax. 1994 Oct;49(10):1020-2. doi: 10.1136/thx.49.10.1020.
Thoracic splenosis is an uncommon side effect of thoracoabdominal trauma involving injury to the diaphragm and spleen. Only 20 patients with a similar problem have been reported previously.
Two patients with thoracic splenosis were studied.
One of the patients had undergone thoracotomy for resection of a "pulmonary nodule". The other remains under observation.
Presence of a pulmonary nodule in a patient with history of injury to the diaphragm and spleen should arouse suspicion of splenosis. Appropriate investigation may prevent an unnecessary and potentially harmful operation.
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