Littoral Cell Angioma of Spleen: An Uncommon Presentation of a Rare Neoplasm

Littoral cell angioma (LCA) is a rare primary splenic tumor that is difficult to differentiate preoperatively from other benign and malignant splenic lesions. Most of the cases present as multiple nodules in the spleen. We report a case of large solitary LCA of the spleen, an uncommon presentation....

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Autores principales: Gupta, Pramod, Peungjesada, Silanath, Foshee, Soume, Amirkhan, Robin H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3551492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23393626
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.104302
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author Gupta, Pramod
Peungjesada, Silanath
Foshee, Soume
Amirkhan, Robin H
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description Littoral cell angioma (LCA) is a rare primary splenic tumor that is difficult to differentiate preoperatively from other benign and malignant splenic lesions. Most of the cases present as multiple nodules in the spleen. We report a case of large solitary LCA of the spleen, an uncommon presentation. LCA should be considered in the differential diagnosis of multiple and solitary splenic lesions.
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spelling pubmed-35514922013-02-07 Littoral Cell Angioma of Spleen: An Uncommon Presentation of a Rare Neoplasm Gupta, Pramod Peungjesada, Silanath Foshee, Soume Amirkhan, Robin H J Clin Imaging Sci Case Report Littoral cell angioma (LCA) is a rare primary splenic tumor that is difficult to differentiate preoperatively from other benign and malignant splenic lesions. Most of the cases present as multiple nodules in the spleen. We report a case of large solitary LCA of the spleen, an uncommon presentation. LCA should be considered in the differential diagnosis of multiple and solitary splenic lesions. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3551492/ /pubmed/23393626 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.104302 Text en Copyright: © 2012 Gupta P http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 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 author and source are credited.
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Littoral Cell Angioma of Spleen: An Uncommon Presentation of a Rare Neoplasm
title Littoral Cell Angioma of Spleen: An Uncommon Presentation of a Rare Neoplasm
title_full Littoral Cell Angioma of Spleen: An Uncommon Presentation of a Rare Neoplasm
title_fullStr Littoral Cell Angioma of Spleen: An Uncommon Presentation of a Rare Neoplasm
title_full_unstemmed Littoral Cell Angioma of Spleen: An Uncommon Presentation of a Rare Neoplasm
title_short Littoral Cell Angioma of Spleen: An Uncommon Presentation of a Rare Neoplasm
title_sort littoral cell angioma of spleen: an uncommon presentation of a rare neoplasm
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3551492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23393626
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.104302
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