Sarcoidosis of the spleen – rare indications for splenectomy. Own experience
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Andrzej Budzyński; Piotr Budzyński; Sergiusz Demczuk; Marcin Bednarek
- Source
- Videosurgery and Other Miniinvasive Techniques, Vol 5, Iss 3, Pp 115-119 (2010)
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
sarcoidosis of the spleen
business.industry
Urology
medicine.medical_treatment
laparoscopic splenectomy
lcsh:R
Splenectomy
Gastroenterology
lcsh:Medicine
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Spleen
medicine.disease
Laparoscopic splenectomy
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
Splenic sarcoidosis
Medicine
Radiology
Sarcoidosis
Bone marrow
business
Pathological
Histological examination
- Language
- ISSN
- 1895-4588
The article presents two patients who underwent laparoscopic splenectomy because of splenic sarcoidosis. In one patient sarcoidosis was diagnosed based on the chest X-ray and computed tomography (CT) scans. Further imaging allowed for the diagnosis of systemic spread of the disease with bone marrow and splenic involvement. The latter location was confirmed by pathological examination after the operation. The indication for splenectomy was hypersplenism with concurrent thrombocytopenia. In the second patient, an abdominal ultrasound scan (US) showed suspicious focal lesions in the spleen. Histological examination proved it to be a rare isolated splenic form of sarcoidosis.