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Gastrosplenic Fistula with Thoracic Extension as a Complication of Primary Splenic Lymphoma Cover

Gastrosplenic Fistula with Thoracic Extension as a Complication of Primary Splenic Lymphoma

Open Access
|Mar 2026

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Figure 1

Axial (A) and coronal (B) contrast‑enhanced CT images obtained two months before the current presentation show an infiltrative hypodense splenic mass abutting the left hemidiaphragm and adjacent to the stomach, without clear signs of invasion.

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Figure 2

Multiple air–fluid levels in the left hemithorax, consistent with hydropneumothorax.

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Figure 3

Contrast‑enhanced CT images demonstrate a gastrosplenic fistula (red arrow in A) and a diaphragmatic defect (green arrow in B), resulting in leakage of gastric contents into the pleural cavity and the development of a multiloculated hydropneumothorax (C and D).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jbsr.4186 | Journal eISSN: 2514-8281
Language: English
Submitted on: Dec 1, 2025
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Accepted on: Feb 18, 2026
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Published on: Mar 5, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2026 Diogo Carvalho, Luis Cabral, João Caldeira, published by Ubiquity Press
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