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Gallbladder splenosis: a hereto unreported mimicker of a gallbladder neoplasm.

Abstract
Splenosis is a completely benign entity that can mimic a primary mass or metastasis. Herein we report the first known case of gallbladder splenosis in a 49-year-old woman with an extensive surgical and medical history. Cross-sectional computed tomography and MRI demonstrated a single mass arising from the gallbladder fundus. Revelation of splenectomy, confirmed to be traumatic from medical records, raised the suspicion for splenosis. The diagnosis was confirmed with a Technecium-99m-labeled heat-damaged blood cell scan, considered the gold-standard for detection of ectopic splenic tissue.
AuthorsLeo L Tsai, Krithica Kaliannan, Koenraad J Mortele
JournalClinical imaging (Clin Imaging) 2015 Mar-Apr Vol. 39 Issue 2 Pg. 318-20 ISSN: 1873-4499 [Electronic] United States
PMID25467423 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
CopyrightCopyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Topics
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Gallbladder Neoplasms (diagnosis)
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Spleen (diagnostic imaging, injuries, pathology)
  • Splenectomy
  • Splenosis (diagnosis, surgery)
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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