| Literature DB >> 20411063 |
I Tsitouridis1, M Michaelides, K Tsitouridis, I Davidis, I Efstratiou.
Abstract
Hamartomas of the spleen (splenomas) are very rare benign tumors composed of an aberrant mixture of normal splenic elements. Herein we present a unique case of a symptomatic non-palpable splenoma in a 64-year-old female patient presented with anemia and thrombocytopenia and we describe imaging findings in ultrasound, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. To our knowledge, this is the first case of a relatively small splenic hamartoma (35 mm at histopathology) associated with thrombocytopenia and anemia that resolved completely several months after splenectomy.Entities:
Keywords: hamartoma; spleen; splenoma
Year: 2010 PMID: 20411063 PMCID: PMC2843574
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Hippokratia ISSN: 1108-4189 Impact factor: 0.471