Littoral-cell angioma of the spleen

Littoral-cell angioma (LCA) is a rare vascular tumor of the spleen. It was thought to be a benign, incidental lesion. However, many recent reports have described it to be a malignant lesion with congenital and immunologic associations. We report a case of LCA of the spleen, which has been infrequent...

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Veröffentlicht in:Archives of Iranian medicine 2013-03, Vol.16 (3), p.189
Hauptverfasser: Emir, Seyfi, Sozen, Selim, Yazar, Mehmet Fatih, Altınsoy, Hasan Baki, Arslan Solmaz, Ozgen, Ozkan, Zeynep
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Zusammenfassung:Littoral-cell angioma (LCA) is a rare vascular tumor of the spleen. It was thought to be a benign, incidental lesion. However, many recent reports have described it to be a malignant lesion with congenital and immunologic associations. We report a case of LCA of the spleen, which has been infrequently communicated in the literature. A 41-year-old female patient was admitted to our hospital with a three-week history of weakness, weight loss, anorexia, and intermittent upper abdominal pain which improved slightly with antacid medication.Imaging studies, including computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), showed multiple lesions in the spleen. Laparoscopic splenectomy was performed.
ISSN:1029-2977
1735-3947