PURPOSE: To evaluate macro and microscopically the late evolution of autotransplants of fragments of spleen in the greater omentum, mesenterium and peritoneal cavity, after 24 weeks of observation. METHODS: Fifty two Wistar rats were used, males and adults, submitted to total splenectomy and divided in four groups. The group I - seventeen animals with implant of spleen fragment in the peritoneal cavity; group I...