Case Report: Littoral cell angioma of spleen

Littoral cell angioma is a rare primary vascular neoplasm of the spleen, composed of littoral cells that line the splenic sinuses of the red pulp. 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...

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Autores principales: Rana, Netra, Ming, Zhang, Hui, Ma Shao, Bin, Yan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Abdominal Imaging
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2766879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19881088
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.54886
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author Rana, Netra
Ming, Zhang
Hui, Ma Shao
Bin, Yan
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Ming, Zhang
Hui, Ma Shao
Bin, Yan
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description Littoral cell angioma is a rare primary vascular neoplasm of the spleen, composed of littoral cells that line the splenic sinuses of the red pulp. It was thought to be a benign, incidental lesion. However, many recent reports have described it to be a malignant lesion with congenital and immunological associations. The definitive diagnosis can only be made after histology and immunohistochemistry studies.
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spelling pubmed-27668792009-11-20 Case Report: Littoral cell angioma of spleen Rana, Netra Ming, Zhang Hui, Ma Shao Bin, Yan Indian J Radiol Imaging Abdominal Imaging Littoral cell angioma is a rare primary vascular neoplasm of the spleen, composed of littoral cells that line the splenic sinuses of the red pulp. It was thought to be a benign, incidental lesion. However, many recent reports have described it to be a malignant lesion with congenital and immunological associations. The definitive diagnosis can only be made after histology and immunohistochemistry studies. Medknow Publications 2009-08 /pmc/articles/PMC2766879/ /pubmed/19881088 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.54886 Text en © Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Abdominal Imaging
Rana, Netra
Ming, Zhang
Hui, Ma Shao
Bin, Yan
Case Report: Littoral cell angioma of spleen
title Case Report: Littoral cell angioma of spleen
title_full Case Report: Littoral cell angioma of spleen
title_fullStr Case Report: Littoral cell angioma of spleen
title_full_unstemmed Case Report: Littoral cell angioma of spleen
title_short Case Report: Littoral cell angioma of spleen
title_sort case report: littoral cell angioma of spleen
topic Abdominal Imaging
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2766879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19881088
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.54886
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