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Accessory Splenic Stomach Wall Abscess Mass Simulating Neoplasm
Author(s) -
Crawford Arthur
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1974.tb06516.x
Subject(s) - medicine , stomach , granulation tissue , laparotomy , accessory spleen , gastric fundus , fundus (uterus) , abscess , anatomy , pathology , radiology , spleen , surgery , splenectomy , wound healing
A case is described of the diagnostic dilemma presented by a mass in the fundus of the stomach which proved at laparotomy to be caused by a large granulation tissue mass central to accessory splenic tissue. Relevant extracts from the literature are quoted in a discussion of the problems arising from this unusual pathology.