Urology
Volume 75, Issue 3 , Pages 561-562 , March 2010

Enlargement of Accessory Spleen After Splenectomy Can Mimic a Solitary Adrenal Tumor

  • Gregory S. Rosenblatt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Urological Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Gregory S. Rosenblatt, M.D., Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Minimally Invasive Urology Institute, 8635 W. 3rd Street, Suite, 1070w, Los Angeles, CA 90048
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  • Daniel J. Luthringer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
    • ,
  • Gerhard J. Fuchs

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Urological Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

Received 30 January 2009 ,Accepted 30 May 2009.

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 No author has any financial disclosure(s).

PII: S0090-4295(09)00784-5

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.05.070

Urology
Volume 75, Issue 3 , Pages 561-562 , March 2010

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