Littoral cell angioma of the spleen in a patient with previous pulmonary sarcoidosis: a TNF-α related pathogenesis?

BACKGROUND: Littoral cell angioma (LCA) is a rare vascular tumor of the spleen. Generally thought to be benign, additional cases of LCA with malignant features have been described. Thus, its malignant potential seems to vary and must be considered uncertain. The etiology remains unclear, but an immu...

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Autores principales: Cordesmeyer, Stefanie, Pützler, Manfred, Titze, Ulf, Paulus, Harald, Hoffmann, Matthias W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3187736/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21929754
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-9-106

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