Subcutaneous Splenosis of the Abdominal Wall: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Reported cases of subcutaneous splenosis.

Case	Reference	Year	Sex	Age	Age at splenic rupture	Cause of splenic trauma	Site of implantation	Number and size of nodules	Presentation
1	Shaw and Shafi [6]	1932	M	20	N/A	Blunt trauma	Abdominal surgical scar	N/A	Found at autopsy
2	Gill [7]	1944	M	54	52	Gunshot wound	Exit gunshot wound scar	One, 3×2 cm	Subcutaneous nodule
3	Raper [8]	1951	M	30	N/A	N/A	Abdominal surgical scar	N/A	Found autopsy
4	Cohen [2]	1954	M	30	9	Splenectomy for ITP	Abdominal surgical scar	One, 1,5 cm	Subcutaneous nodule
5	Baack et al. [9]	1990	F	38	8	Blunt trauma (car accident)	Abdominal surgical scar	One, 2 cm	Enlarging discoloration of abdominal scar
6	Grantham and Clore [10]	1990	M	57	20	Shrapnel injury	Abdominal surgical scar	Multiple, N/A	Incidental finding on CT scan
7	Hibbeln et al. [11]	1995	M	71	17	Gunshot wound	Exit gunshot wound scar	Several, 1-2 cm	Subcutaneous nodules
8	Burvin et al. [12]	1996	M	49	29	Gunshot wound	Exit gunshot wound scar	A few, 0,5–0,8 cm	Subcutaneous nodules
9	Zeebregts et al. [13]	1998	M	63	27	Blunt injury	Abdominal surgical scar	One, 1,5 cm	Subcutaneous nodule
10	Velitchkov et al. [14]	2000	M	47	43	Blunt injury	Abdominal surgical scar	One, 3×2 cm	Subcutaneous nodule
11	Khosravi et al. [15]	2004	M	35	14	Splenic injury due to operation for adrenalectomy	Abdominal surgical scar	Two, 0,7 cm and 0,3 cm	Subcutaneous nodules
12	Yeh et al. [16]	2006	M	38	29	Gunshot wound	Exit gunshot wound scar	Multiple, 0,3–2,5 cm	Subcutaneous nodules
13	Boudova et al. [17]	2006	M	23	N/A	N/A	Left inguinal surgical scar	One, 8×7×5 cm	Subcutaneous nodule
14	Chang et al. [18]	2009	M	38	30	Gunshot wound	Exit gunshot wound scar	One, 2×1,5 cm	Subcutaneous nodule
15	Javadrashid et al. [19]	2010	M	40	22	Gunshot wound	Exit wound scar, thorax, abdomen	Multiple, 7×4×5,5 cm (max. size)	Vague abdominal pain, tachycardia, flushing
16	Present case	2012	F	43	7	Blunt trauma (car accident)	Abdominal surgical scar	Two, 2,7 cm and 1.6 cm	Subcutaneous nodules