TITLE:
Ectopic Spleen Mimicking Kidney Activity Post-Nephrectomy
AUTHORS:
Hong Yun Ma, Raphaella Da Silva, Muhammad Shah, Leonard M. Freeman
KEYWORDS:
Ectopic Spleen; Stimulate; Kidney Activity; Nephrectomy
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Medical Imaging,
Vol.4 No.1,
March
7,
2014
ABSTRACT: Ectopic spleen may simulate kidney activity on renal scintigraphic
imaging. Accurate diagnosis requires correlation with the patient’s history and
anatomic imaging studies. We report a case where the spleen migrated to the
left renal fossa and mimicked the left kidney after a left nephrectomy.