Rare disease
Intrahepatic splenosis mimicking hepatoma
Liver Cancer Institute, Hepatic Surgery, Shanghai, 200032, China
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A 54-year-old man with a past history of splenectomy some 20 years previously presented with a hepatic mass. Subsequent histopathology revealed that the mass was due to intrahepatic splenosis. The presentation of this case is discussed together with a literature review of splenosis.
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