Reactive hypertrophy of an accessory spleen mimicking tumour recurrence of metastatic renal cell carcinoma

• Verfasst von: Tjaden, Christin [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Werner, Jens [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Büchler, Markus W. [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Hackert, Thilo [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Reactive hypertrophy of an accessory spleen mimicking tumour recurrence of metastatic renal cell carcinoma
• Verf.angabe: Christin Tjaden, Jens Werner, Markus W. Buechler and Thilo Hackert
• E-Jahr: 2011
• Jahr: 29 April 2011
• Umfang: 3 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 09.11.2022
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Asian journal of surgery
• Ort Quelle: Hong Kong : Excerpta Medica Asia, 2000
• Jahr Quelle: 2011
• Band/Heft Quelle: 34(2011), 1 vom: Jan., Seite 50-52
• ISSN Quelle: 0219-3108
• DOI: doi:10.1016/S1015-9584(11)60019-5
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Tjaden, Christin: Reactive hypertrophy of an accessory spleen mimicking tumour recurrence of metastatic renal cell carcinoma. - 2011
• Sach-SW: accessory spleen
• Sach-SW: hypertrophy
• Sach-SW: renal cell carcinoma
• Sach-SW: tumor recurrence
• K10plus-PPN: 1821343115

Abstract

De novo occurrence of an accessory spleen after splenectomy is worth noting for two reasons. First, it is known that splenectomy can cause reactive hypertrophy of initially inactive and macroscopically invisible splenic tissue. Second, it can mimic tumour recurrence in situations in which splenectomy has been performed for oncological reasons. This might cause difficulties in differential diagnosis and the clinical decision for reoperation. We report the case of a patient with suspected recurrence of renal cell carcinoma after total pancreatectomy and splenectomy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma, which finally revealed an accessory spleen as the morphological correlate of the newly diagnosed mass in the left retroperitoneum.