Authors: Ahmad Al Ahmad Morteza Jourabian Mohammad Pipelzadeh
Publish Date: 2009/03/10
Volume: 39, Issue: 7, Pages: 735-738
Abstract
Occasionally heterotopic splenic tissue can occur in the renal fossa secondary to splenosis following splenic trauma or splenectomy Rarely it can represent a developmental anomaly secondary to fusion of splenic and renal tissues Splenorenal fusion can present as a renal mass mimicking primary or secondary renal neoplasm on imaging studies or with symptoms of hypersplenism anaemia To our knowledge only seven cases of splenorenal fusion have been previously reported and the present case is only the second presentation in a young child We report a case of splenorenal fusion in a 26monthold girl with symptoms of hypersplenism and an abdominal mass associated with a ventricular septal defect an umbilical hernia and a previous congenital dislocation of the hip
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