Splenosis as a cause of testicular pain: Laparoscopic management

Citation
Fc. Koleski et al., Splenosis as a cause of testicular pain: Laparoscopic management, J ENDOUROL, 13(5), 1999, pp. 373-375
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF ENDOUROLOGY
ISSN journal
08927790 → ACNP
Volume
13
Issue
5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
373 - 375
Database
ISI
SICI code
0892-7790(199906)13:5<373:SAACOT>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
This is a case report of a 37-year-old man with severe testicular pain unre solved after conventional investigative and therapeutic methods, On the bas is of his history of abdominal trauma followed by emergency splenectomy and evidence of functioning splenic tissue an a radionuclide scan, the diagnos is of splenosis was established. Laparoscopic exploration was done, and the initial diagnosis confirmed. Splenic tissue located at the right inguinal ring was removed. Testicular pain abated after the procedure.