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We report a patient in whom barium studies and computed tomography revealed an intramural mass in the jejunum that consisted pathologically of ectopic splenic tissue. Because the patient had a prior splenectomy, the lesion probably represented splenosis rather than an accessory spleen. When intramural lesions are detected on barium studies in patients who have had prior abdominal trauma or splenectomy,99mTc-tagged, heated-red blood cell scintigraphy may be performed to confirm the diagnosis, thereby eliminating the need for surgery in these patients.
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Marchant, L.K., Levine, M.S. & Furth, E.E. Splenic implant in the jejunum: Radiographic and pathologic findings. Abdom Imaging 20, 518–520 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01256702
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