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Accessory spleen

MedGen UID:
75619
Concept ID:
C0266631
Congenital Abnormality
Synonyms: Accessory spleens; Multiple accessory spleens
SNOMED CT: Accessory spleen (10362008); Polysplenia (10362008); Supernumerary spleen (10362008); Splenunculi (10362008)
 
HPO: HP:0001747

Definition

An accessory spleen is a round, iso-echogenic, homogenic and smooth structure and is seen as a normal variant mostly on the medial contour of the spleen, near the hilus or around the lower pole. This has no pathogenic relevance. [from HPO]

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Conditions with this feature

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Wang Z, Peng C, Wu D, Wang K, Chen Y
BMC Pediatr 2022 Jul 22;22(1):440. doi: 10.1186/s12887-022-03484-y. PMID: 35864485Free PMC Article
Tatsas AD, Owens CL, Siddiqui MT, Hruban RH, Ali SZ
Cancer Cytopathol 2012 Aug 25;120(4):261-8. Epub 2012 Feb 1 doi: 10.1002/cncy.21185. PMID: 22298506
Kawamoto S, Johnson PT, Hall H, Cameron JL, Hruban RH, Fishman EK
Abdom Imaging 2012 Oct;37(5):812-27. doi: 10.1007/s00261-011-9830-x. PMID: 22160284

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Rodríguez-Rodríguez S, Álvarez-Blanco JM, Sánchez-Díaz S, Rangel-Patiño J, Sierra-Salazar A, Apodaca-Chávez E, Demichelis-Gómez R
Ann Hematol 2023 Sep;102(9):2309-2315. Epub 2023 Jul 13 doi: 10.1007/s00277-023-05360-w. PMID: 37439893
Bhutiani N, Egger ME, Doughtie CA, Burkardt ES, Scoggins CR, Martin RC 2nd, McMasters KM
Am J Surg 2017 Apr;213(4):816-820. Epub 2016 Nov 23 doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.11.030. PMID: 27894508
Luoto TT, Pakarinen MP, Koivusalo A
Surgery 2016 Jun;159(6):1583-1590. Epub 2016 Jan 30 doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2015.12.014. PMID: 26832988
Chen YY, Shyr YM, Wang SE
J Gastrointest Surg 2013 Mar;17(3):555-61. Epub 2012 Nov 27 doi: 10.1007/s11605-012-2088-y. PMID: 23188221
Hu S, Zhu L, Song Q, Chen K
Abdom Imaging 2012 Oct;37(5):828-33. doi: 10.1007/s00261-012-9851-0. PMID: 22327420

Diagnosis

Ingraham C, Carter AS, Kramer S, Pacis M
J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2022 Feb;29(2):185-186. Epub 2021 Oct 31 doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2021.10.010. PMID: 34732380
Centeno BA, Thomas SC
Monogr Clin Cytol 2020;26:42-52. Epub 2020 Sep 28 doi: 10.1159/000455734. PMID: 32987396
Rodríguez Vargas D, Parada Blázquez MJ, Vargas Serrano B
Radiologia (Engl Ed) 2019 Jan-Feb;61(1):26-34. Epub 2018 Aug 4 doi: 10.1016/j.rx.2018.07.002. PMID: 30087001
Radu CC, Muţiu G, Pop O
Rom J Morphol Embryol 2014;55(3 Suppl):1243-6. PMID: 25607414
Kawamoto S, Johnson PT, Hall H, Cameron JL, Hruban RH, Fishman EK
Abdom Imaging 2012 Oct;37(5):812-27. doi: 10.1007/s00261-011-9830-x. PMID: 22160284

Therapy

Wang Z, Peng C, Wu D, Wang K, Chen Y
BMC Pediatr 2022 Jul 22;22(1):440. doi: 10.1186/s12887-022-03484-y. PMID: 35864485Free PMC Article
Luu S, Sheldon J, Dendle C, Ojaimi S, Jones P, Woolley I
Intern Med J 2020 May;50(5):556-564. doi: 10.1111/imj.14621. PMID: 31449712
Ishigami K, Nishie A, Nakayama T, Asayama Y, Kakihara D, Fujita N, Ushijima Y, Okamoto D, Ohtsuka T, Mori Y, Ito T, Mochidome N, Honda H
Abdom Radiol (NY) 2019 Oct;44(10):3325-3335. doi: 10.1007/s00261-019-02189-8. PMID: 31420705
Vikse J, Sanna B, Henry BM, Taterra D, Sanna S, Pękala PA, Walocha JA, Tomaszewski KA
Int J Surg 2017 Sep;45:18-28. Epub 2017 Jul 15 doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2017.07.045. PMID: 28716661
Luoto TT, Pakarinen MP, Koivusalo A
Surgery 2016 Jun;159(6):1583-1590. Epub 2016 Jan 30 doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2015.12.014. PMID: 26832988

Prognosis

Grochowska A, Arkuszewski P
Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 2024 Oct;50(5):2165-2170. Epub 2024 Jul 9 doi: 10.1007/s00068-024-02591-y. PMID: 38980393Free PMC Article
Qiu L, Trout AT, Ayyala RS, Szabo S, Nathan JD, Geller JI, Dillman JR
Radiographics 2021 Oct;41(6):1766-1784. doi: 10.1148/rg.2021210008. PMID: 34597223
Lancellotti F, Sacco L, Cerasari S, Bellato V, Cicconi S, Ciardi A, Muttillo EM, Feola T, Caronna R, Chirletti P
World J Surg Oncol 2019 Jul 9;17(1):117. doi: 10.1186/s12957-019-1660-2. PMID: 31288823Free PMC Article
Li BQ, Xu XQ, Guo JC
HPB (Oxford) 2018 Nov;20(11):1004-1011. Epub 2018 May 26 doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2018.04.004. PMID: 29843985
Torres US, Matsumoto C, de Macedo Neto AC, Caldana RP, Motoyama Caiado ÂH, Tiferes DA, Warmbrand G, de Godoy LL, D'Ippolito G
Semin Ultrasound CT MR 2018 Apr;39(2):206-219. Epub 2017 Oct 26 doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2017.10.002. PMID: 29571556

Clinical prediction guides

Utsunomiya N, Nakano S, Katsube M, Yamada S
Congenit Anom (Kyoto) 2023 Sep;63(5):154-163. Epub 2023 Aug 1 doi: 10.1111/cga.12530. PMID: 37526049
Ma W, Ma X, Jiang L, Yang W, Zhang J, Mu F, Li S
Urol Int 2023;107(7):747-750. Epub 2023 Jun 15 doi: 10.1159/000530890. PMID: 37321190
Li BQ, Xu XQ, Guo JC
HPB (Oxford) 2018 Nov;20(11):1004-1011. Epub 2018 May 26 doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2018.04.004. PMID: 29843985
Ren C, Liu Y, Cao R, Zhao T, Chen D, Yao L, Pan Z
Medicine (Baltimore) 2017 Sep;96(39):e8116. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000008116. PMID: 28953636Free PMC Article
Luoto TT, Pakarinen MP, Koivusalo A
Surgery 2016 Jun;159(6):1583-1590. Epub 2016 Jan 30 doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2015.12.014. PMID: 26832988

Recent systematic reviews

Zhu QL, Wu W
Medicine (Baltimore) 2021 Jan 29;100(4):e24436. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000024436. PMID: 33530246Free PMC Article
Li BQ, Lu J, Seery S, Guo JC
Pancreatology 2019 Jan;19(1):10-16. Epub 2018 Oct 22 doi: 10.1016/j.pan.2018.10.008. PMID: 30366677
Li BQ, Xu XQ, Guo JC
HPB (Oxford) 2018 Nov;20(11):1004-1011. Epub 2018 May 26 doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2018.04.004. PMID: 29843985
Vikse J, Sanna B, Henry BM, Taterra D, Sanna S, Pękala PA, Walocha JA, Tomaszewski KA
Int J Surg 2017 Sep;45:18-28. Epub 2017 Jul 15 doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2017.07.045. PMID: 28716661

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