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Myoid Angioendothelioma: A Rare Benign Splenic Tumor.

Vladimir Milosavljevic1, Boris Tadic2, Mauricio Gonzalez-Urquijo3, Djordje Knezevic2, Nikola Grubor2.   

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Year:  2021        PMID: 33593722      PMCID: PMC8880980          DOI: 10.5152/balkanmedj.2021.20100

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Balkan Med J        ISSN: 2146-3123            Impact factor:   2.021


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A 54-year-old female was referred to our clinic for evaluation of an incidentally found splenic mass revealed during a routine abdominal ultrasound examination. The patient denied any abdominal trauma, complaints, or past surgical operations. His medical history was unremarkable. Baseline hematological and biochemical investigations as well as the tumor markers were all within the normal ranges. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a hyperintense splenic lesion, of a total size of 5 cm, which corresponded to the splenic tumor. As the nature of the splenic mass could not be precisely determined by preoperative assessments nor malignancy could be excluded, we opted for laparoscopic splenectomy. The surgery was completed without complications and the postoperative course was entirely uneventful. The patient was discharged from the clinic 4 days later. Written informed consent was obtained from the patient. Twenty-one years after the first case of MAE was reported by Kraus and Dehner (1999), the small number of published papers makes it difficult to draw conclusions about this rare splenic entity.[1] In most cases, MAE is clinically silent, but mild abdominal discomfort may occur.[2] It is usually found by coincidence as an incidental finding during imaging diagnostics due to some other medical condition. Despite the use of modern radiological imaging, radiological findings, which could help to unequivocally diagnose MAE, have not been defined so far. Primary neoplasms of the spleen, such as haemangioma, hamartoma, angiosarcoma, haemangiopericytoma, and haemangioendothelioma or metastatic disease, are common differentials.[3] Some authors consider fine needle aspiration biopsy as a useful procedure to define the nature of splenic neoplasms, but apart from the possible splenic rupture and bleeding, the specimens in most cases may not be reliable.[4,5] Myoid angioendothelioma of the spleen has an indolent course with a favorable prognosis. Disease recurrence has not been reported. Given that preoperative diagnostics is inconclusive, splenectomy, followed by histological and immunohistochemical analysis, is required to confirm the diagnosis.
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1.  Myoid angioendothelioma of the spleen mimicking metastatic disease in a patient with rectal cancer: a radiologic-pathologic correlation.

Authors:  Kyu Yun Jang; Myoung Ja Chung; Woo Sung Moon; Myung Hee Sohn; Seung Bae Hwang; Min Ro Lee; Ho Lee; Ho Sung Park
Journal:  Ann Diagn Pathol       Date:  2012-04-02       Impact factor: 2.090

2.  Benign vascular neoplasms of the spleen with myoid and angioendotheliomatous features.

Authors:  M D Kraus; L P Dehner
Journal:  Histopathology       Date:  1999-10       Impact factor: 5.087

3.  Splenic Primary Solid Tumors : Does a Preoperative Histopathology Diagnosis Really Matter?

Authors:  Mauricio Gonzalez-Urquijo; Mario Rodarte-Shade; Gerardo Gil-Galindo
Journal:  Am Surg       Date:  2020-09-16       Impact factor: 0.688

4.  CD30 and Epstein-Barr virus RNA expression in sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation of spleen.

Authors:  Ilan Weinreb; Denis Bailey; Donna Battaglia; Meagan Kennedy; Bayardo Perez-Ordoñez
Journal:  Virchows Arch       Date:  2007-05-10       Impact factor: 4.064

5.  Myoid Angioendothelioma of the Spleen: A Rare Case Report and Literature Review.

Authors:  Bita Geramizadeh; Mohammadhossein Anbardar; Seyed-Ali Malekhosseini
Journal:  Iran J Med Sci       Date:  2017-01
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