Littoral cell angioma of the spleen: report of three cases and a review of the literature

Littoral cell angioma is a recently described rare vascular tumor of the spleen. The clinical course of this benign tumor is asymptomatic in most patients. Herein, we described three patients with littoral cell angioma detected during physical examination. A brief discussion and review of a handful...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chinese medical journal 2011-10, Vol.124 (20), p.3423-3426
Hauptverfasser: Lin, Xiao-Yan, Li, Jia-Mei, Wang, Qiang-Xiu, Feng, Ji-Zhen, Zhao, Miao-Qing, Zhong, Wei-Xia, Li, Jian-Feng
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Zusammenfassung:Littoral cell angioma is a recently described rare vascular tumor of the spleen. The clinical course of this benign tumor is asymptomatic in most patients. Herein, we described three patients with littoral cell angioma detected during physical examination. A brief discussion and review of a handful of cases of splenic littoral cell angioma, which have been previously reported in the English language literature, are performed in this PaPer.
ISSN:0366-6999
2542-5641
DOI:10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2011.20.040