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Splenosis simulating an abdominal lymphoma

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Splenosis, an autograft of splenic tissue, may occur after a traumatic spleen rupture or splenectomy. Usually asymptomatic, this pathology may uncommonly produce symptoms which justify radiologic investigations. We are presenting the case of a young boy with a Wiskott Aldrich syndrome and who developped splenosis simulating an abdominal lymphoma.

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  1. Service de Radiologie, Hôpital des Enfants-Malades, 149, rue de Sèvres, F-75015, Paris, France

    J. Mathurin & D. Lallemand

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Mathurin, J., Lallemand, D. Splenosis simulating an abdominal lymphoma. Pediatr Radiol 21, 69–70 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02010821

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