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Images in medicine
Abdominal trauma and lung nodules
  1. Dilip Nazareth1,
  2. Nagabushan Seshadri2,
  3. Sukumaran Binukrishnan3,
  4. Martin Ledson1,
  5. Martin Walshaw1,
  6. Kamlesh Mohan1
  1. 1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Trust, Liverpool, UK
  2. 2Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK
  3. 3Department of Radiology, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Dilip Nazareth, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Trust, Thomas Drive, Liverpool L14 3PE, UK; nazareth{at}doctors.org.uk

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/postgradmedj-2012-131359

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    Introduction

    Splenosis represents the deposition of viable splenic tissue in a different anatomic compartment, usually following trauma. The extent of deposition is related to the severity of trauma and amount of pulp tissue released into the abdominal and pelvic cavities. Thoracic splenosis, is the deposition of splenic tissue within the thoracic cavity and occurs in about 18% of cases.1 This splenic tissue is thought to perform normal splenic functions and draws its blood supply from surrounding tissue. The condition is usually discovered …

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    • Contributors All authors contributed equally to the preparation of the manuscript. The images were supplied and prepared by SN and SB. DN wrote the first draft and obtained patient consent. MJW, ML and KM edited all drafts and the final version. All authors have read and approved the final submitted manuscript.

    • Competing interests None.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.