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Fever, anemia, and splenomegaly: A rare presentation of splenic angiosarcoma

Splenic angiosarcoma is a rare neoplasm that often remains asymptomatic till the onset of massive intra abdominal bleeding that require emergency splenectomy. We report here a case of 60 year old male who presented with on and off fever and a splenomegaly was found on clinical examination suggesting...

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Autores principales: Shukla, Mridula, Basu, Somprakash, Shukla, Vijay K., Kumar, Mohan
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3343253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22563160
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-5851.95148
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author Shukla, Mridula
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description Splenic angiosarcoma is a rare neoplasm that often remains asymptomatic till the onset of massive intra abdominal bleeding that require emergency splenectomy. We report here a case of 60 year old male who presented with on and off fever and a splenomegaly was found on clinical examination suggesting a lymphoproliferative disorder. A contrast enhanced computerized tomography suggested splenic trauma with intracapsular bleed. A splenectomy was carried out that revealed splenic angiosarcoma. Splenomegaly and fever is a very rare presentation of angiosarcoma. Though rare it should be kept in mind when investigating pyrexia of unknown origin.
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spelling pubmed-33432532012-05-04 Fever, anemia, and splenomegaly: A rare presentation of splenic angiosarcoma Shukla, Mridula Basu, Somprakash Shukla, Vijay K. Kumar, Mohan Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol Case Report Splenic angiosarcoma is a rare neoplasm that often remains asymptomatic till the onset of massive intra abdominal bleeding that require emergency splenectomy. We report here a case of 60 year old male who presented with on and off fever and a splenomegaly was found on clinical examination suggesting a lymphoproliferative disorder. A contrast enhanced computerized tomography suggested splenic trauma with intracapsular bleed. A splenectomy was carried out that revealed splenic angiosarcoma. Splenomegaly and fever is a very rare presentation of angiosarcoma. Though rare it should be kept in mind when investigating pyrexia of unknown origin. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3343253/ /pubmed/22563160 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-5851.95148 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Fever, anemia, and splenomegaly: A rare presentation of splenic angiosarcoma
title Fever, anemia, and splenomegaly: A rare presentation of splenic angiosarcoma
title_full Fever, anemia, and splenomegaly: A rare presentation of splenic angiosarcoma
title_fullStr Fever, anemia, and splenomegaly: A rare presentation of splenic angiosarcoma
title_full_unstemmed Fever, anemia, and splenomegaly: A rare presentation of splenic angiosarcoma
title_short Fever, anemia, and splenomegaly: A rare presentation of splenic angiosarcoma
title_sort fever, anemia, and splenomegaly: a rare presentation of splenic angiosarcoma
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3343253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22563160
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-5851.95148
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