JTCS St. Jude Medical
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Personal Folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Author home page(s):
Lawrence R. Glassman
Right arrow Permission Requests
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Bizekis, C. S.
Right arrow Articles by Glassman, L. R.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Bizekis, C. S.
Right arrow Articles by Glassman, L. R.
Related Collections
Right arrow Lung - other
Right arrow Mediastinum

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003;125:1155-1156
© 2003 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Brief Communications

Thoracic splenosis: Mimicry of a neurogenic tumor

Costas S. Bizekis, MD, Bradley Pua, BA, Lawrence R. Glassman, MD New York, NY

From the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY.

Received for publication May 20, 2002. Accepted for publication July 2, 2002. Address for reprints: Lawrence R. Glassman, MD, NYU Medical Center, Suite 6D, 530 First Ave, New York, NY 10016 (E-mail: lawrence.glassman@med.nyu.edu).

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.

Thoracic splenosis refers to a rare condition of ectopic splenic tissue in the left hemithorax. Patients with this condition are often asymptomatic, with a history of thoracoabdominal trauma to the spleen and left hemidiaphragm. Nodules are usually an incidental finding on chest radiography or computed tomography (CT). Most often, thoracic splenosis is diagnosed intraoperatively. When splenosis is suspected, nuclear scanning methods might aid in preoperative diagnoses, thus avoiding the resection of the benign mass and its operative risks. To date, only 26 cases of thoracic splenosis have been reported in the literature.Go 1 The following is a case report of thoracic splenosis mimicking a neurogenic tumor.

Clinical summary

The . . . [Full Text of this Article]




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Ann. Thorac. Surg.Home page
V. H. Thourani, J. Sharma, I. G. Duarte, and J. I. Miller Jr
Intrathoracic Splenosis
Ann. Thorac. Surg., November 1, 2005; 80(5): 1934 - 1936.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
ANN THORAC SURG ASIAN CARDIOVASC THORAC ANN EUR J CARDIOTHORAC SURG
J THORAC CARDIOVASC SURG ICVTS ALL CTSNet JOURNALS
Copyright © 2003 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery.