TY - JOUR T1 - Anterior mediastinal mass due to thoracic splenosis JF - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2014-208376 VL - 2015 SP - bcr2014208376 AU - Jacqueline Soraru AU - Giuseppe Cardaci Y1 - 2015/04/02 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2015/bcr-2014-208376.abstract N2 - An 81-year-old man was investigated for weight loss, fever, deranged liver enzymes and elevated inflammatory markers. CT imaging revealed a lobulated well-defined anterior mediastinal mass (1.7×2.8×3.2 cm) and a further small (1.43×0.59×1.9 cm) subpleural nodule in the left posterior thorax. The possibility of mediastinal neoplasm was raised, with biopsy of the anterior mediastinal mass contemplated. There was a history of blunt abdominal trauma 30 years prior, requiring surgical repair of a ruptured left hemidiaphragm, splenectomy and left nephrectomy. Considering this, a heat denatured red … ER -