FEATURES OF DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF A PATIENT WITH CANCER OF THE RIGHT KIDNEY IN COMBINATION WITH DISSEMINATED ABDOMINAL AND RETROPERITONEAL SPLENOSIS

Abstract

Splenosis is the autotransplantation of splenic tissue that occurs in patients over a period of time as the outcome of a traumatic rupture of the spleen in an anamnesis. In most cases, splenic foci occur in the abdomen and small pelvis due to dissemination of fragments of the spleen tissue during it's rupture, however these heterotopic foci can occur almost anywhere in the body, and their diffuse nature may cause suspicion of metastatic cancer. Our case of abdomen and retroperitoneal space splenosis in combination with right kidney cancer, is a rare observation.