[The silicone spleen (description of a clinical case)]

Ter Arkh. 2012;84(7):72-4.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The paper describes a rare case of verified foreign body (silicone) migration into the spleen. The specific feature of this clinical case is a rare clinical finding through histological study and the use of inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry for the determination of silicone in splenic tissues.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Foreign-Body Migration*
  • Humans
  • Mass Spectrometry / methods
  • Silicones*
  • Spleen / pathology*

Substances

  • Silicones