Splenosis with Cyclic Abdominal Pain Misdiagnosed as Ovarian Dermoid Cyst.
- Author:
Mi Kyung HA
1
;
Oh Jung KWON
;
Kwang Soo LEE
;
Youn Yeung HWANG
;
Eun Kyung HONG
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ojkwon@hanyang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Splenosis;
Splenectomy
- MeSH:
Abdominal Cavity;
Abdominal Pain*;
Adult;
Autografts;
Dermoid Cyst*;
Endometriosis;
Erythrocytes;
Female;
Hemangioma;
Hot Temperature;
Humans;
Spleen;
Splenectomy;
Splenosis*
- From:Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
2002;62(5):450-452
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Splenosis is defined as the autotransplantation of splenic tissue after a traumatic splenic injury or a splenectomy. It has often been mistaken as an endometriosis, an intraperitoneal carcinoma, a hemangioma and an accessory spleen. It is clinically significant in that it requires no treatment if it is asymptomatic. Here we report a case of 34 year-old woman who had a pelvic splenosis with cyclic abdominal pain for several years, which was initially misdiagnosed as ovarian dermoid cyst. At the time of exploration, a splenosis was observed in the pelvic cavity. After surgery, a multiple splenosis in the abdominal cavity was found through a Tc-99m heat denatured red blood cell scan. The removal of the splenosis in the pelvic cavity resulted in an improvement in her symptoms.
