Splenosis mimicking metastatic prostate cancer

Case contributed by Jayanth Keshavamurthy , 27 Sep 2019
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Mostafa Elfeky, 6 Oct 2019

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Abdomen
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No spleen is identified in the left upper quadrant. 2

Two rounded homogeneous soft tissue densities adjacent to the stomach and also in the pelvis are noted.

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Annotated images
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Annotated imagesArrows point at splenosis.

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Sulfur colloid scan confirming the splenosis with tracerTracer uptake in the gastric region and in the lower pelvis in the region of the urinary bladder, confirming splenosis.

Sulfur colloid is not excreted by the kidney and urinary bladder.

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Sulfur colloid scan

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