Littoral Cell Angioma of Spleen: A rare case report
Spleen's Littoral Cell Angioma is a rare benign vascular tumor. The main clinical presentation is isolated splenomegaly. we present the case of a 37 years old male patient who suffers from chronic pain in the left hypochondrium.The abdominal examination finds a painful splenomegaly related to a...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Annals of medicine and surgery 2022-07, Vol.79, p.103904, Article 103904 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Spleen's Littoral Cell Angioma is a rare benign vascular tumor. The main clinical presentation is isolated splenomegaly.
we present the case of a 37 years old male patient who suffers from chronic pain in the left hypochondrium.The abdominal examination finds a painful splenomegaly related to a biological bicytopenia. The CT Scan shows a 32 cm splenomegaly.An exploratory laparotomy with splenectomy was performed. The histological and immunohistochemical study confirmed The final diagnosis of Littoral Cell Angioma.
Isolated splenomegaly of unknown etiology is the main clinical sign. Splenectomy is required for a diagnostic purpose and substratum for histological study.
Littoral Cell Angioma of the Spleen is a rare benign vascular tumor, however it should be highlighted by clinical and radiological features, the definitive diagnosis is made upon histological study.
•Littoral cell angioma of the spleen is a rare clinical entity mimicking a splenic lymphoma.•The final diagnosis is made upon pathological study.•Splenectomy is reserved for symptomatic littoral cell angioma. |
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ISSN: | 2049-0801 2049-0801 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103904 |