Coincidental finding of pelvic splenosis during gynecological surgery.

OBJECTIVE

To describe a case of coincidental finding of splenosis during gynecological laparoscopic surgery.

DESIGN

Case report.

SETTING

Department of gynecology and obstetrics, Hospital of Frýdek-Místek.

CASE REPORT: We describe the case of coincidental perioperative finding of pelvic tumorous mass that was later histologicaly verified as accsessory spleen or splenosis.

CONCLUSION

Ectopic spleen is mostly random finding with no symptoms observed. Rarely it can cause pelvic pain or mimick adnexal malignity or endometriosis. It is neccesery to keep this rare diagnosis in mind, mainly at patients with splenic trauma or splenectomy in their medical history to preserve immunological function of this splenic tissue.