Abstract

Splenosis is anuncommenprocess ofintra abdominal or extra abdominal splenic tissue seeding, mostly post traumatic.The issueof splenosismostly comesupinpatientspresentingwith suspicious nodules inthe abdominal or chest cavity. It is exactly these patients with a history of blunt abdominal trauma who should be considered as candidates for having splenosis and should be screened with a proper medical history and with the use of novel non invasive imaging modalities thus sparing the patients unnecessary and potentially dangerous procedures.