Reactive Hypertrophy of an Accessory Spleen Mimicking Tumour Recurrence of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

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 splenectom...

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Autors principals:	Christin Tjaden, Jens Werner, Markus W. Buechler, Thilo Hackert
Format:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicat:	Elsevier 2011-01-01
Col·lecció:	Asian Journal of Surgery
Matèries:	accessory spleen hypertrophy renal cell carcinoma tumor recurrence
Accés en línia:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958411600195
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