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Case Reports
. 2021 Feb 23;14(2):e237912.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-237912.

Ectopic spleen presenting as a slowly enlarging lung nodule in the right lower lobe following gastric pull up operation

Anas Alfahad  1 , Rima Hussain  2 , Mamatha Devaraj  3 , Alexandr Svec  3
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Ectopic spleen presenting as a slowly enlarging lung nodule in the right lower lobe following gastric pull up operation

Anas Alfahad et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

This is a case report of an elderly man who was investigated at our respiratory clinic for slowly enlarging right lower lobe lung nodule on the background of oesophageal cancer diagnosed more than 11 years ago with gastric pull up. CT guided biopsy confirms the diagnosis of intrathoracic ectopic spleen.

Keywords: pathology; radiology; respiratory medicine.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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CT chest April 2019.
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CT chest 2009.
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CT guided biopsy of right lower lobe lung nodule.
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Histopathological slide showing splenic tissue with normal architecture of the red pulp with congested sinuses separated by splenic cords and the white pulp constituted by a nodule of small lymphocytes with no germinal centre. H&E 100×.
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Figure 5
Network of venous sinuses highlighted by CD8 reaction. White pulp in the upper right. CD8 100×.
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