Post-traumatic intrahepatic splenosis mimicking a neuroendocrine tumour

Abstract

A 52-year-old man presented with abdominal pain with a background of splenectomy 25 years previously. Initial investigations lead to suspicion of a neuroendocrine tumour. Positron emission tomography octreotide scanning and chromogranin were raised. He subsequently underwent a lateral segmentectomy. The histopathology was consistent with splenosis. Copyright 2013 BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved.