Noninvasive imaging of a retrocardiac spleen. Unusual component of paraesophageal diaphragmatic hernia.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
The findings on chest roentgenograms, cardiac ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), and radionuclide liver-spleen scan are described in a 54-year-old man with a paraesophageal diaphragmatic hernia. The CT revealed the spleen as a solid mass with a notched border adjacent to the intrathoracic retrocardiac stomach. The radionuclide scan showed splenic uptake above the diaphragm. The diagnosis in this case, which, to our knowledge, is the first such reported case, was confirmed at surgery.
Medical subject headings
- Hernia, Diaphragmatic
- Spleen