Posttraumatic thoracic splenosis in a 77-year-old patient after a motor vehicle accident

Suzanne Maddamma; Kwabena G. Owusu-Ansah; Timothy Barreiro

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports (Jan 2023)

Posttraumatic thoracic splenosis in a 77-year-old patient after a motor vehicle accident

Suzanne Maddamma,
Kwabena G. Owusu-Ansah,
Timothy Barreiro

Affiliations

Suzanne Maddamma: Department of Internal Medicine, St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, Youngstown, OH, USA; Department of Medicine, Northeastern Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, USA
Kwabena G. Owusu-Ansah: Department of Internal Medicine, St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, Youngstown, OH, USA; Department of Medicine, Northeastern Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, USA
Timothy Barreiro: Department of Internal Medicine, St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, Youngstown, OH, USA; Department of Medicine, Northeastern Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, USA; Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, OH, USA; Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, PA, USA; Corresponding author. Department of Internal Medicine, Section Pulmonary and Critical Care, St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, 1044 Belmont Avenue, Youngstown, OH, 44501, USA.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 44
p. 101860

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We present a rare case of autotransplantation of splenic tissue to the thoracic cavity, concerning for lung tumor, after splenic and diaphragmatic injury following a severe motor vehicle accident 27 years previous.

Published in Respiratory Medicine Case Reports

ISSN: 2213-0071 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/respiratory-medicine-case-reports/

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