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Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Spleen
Isolated splenic inflammatory pseudotumors (IPT) are extremely rare, typically benign, inflammatory lesions with varied clinical presentations that pose a diagnostic challenge to clinicians due to their similarity in appearance to neoplasms. We present the case of a young woman diagnosed with a sple...
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2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4508554/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26331003 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/hr.2015.5905 |
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author | Georgia, Masafumi Rady, Kirsty Prince, Henry Miles |
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description | Isolated splenic inflammatory pseudotumors (IPT) are extremely rare, typically benign, inflammatory lesions with varied clinical presentations that pose a diagnostic challenge to clinicians due to their similarity in appearance to neoplasms. We present the case of a young woman diagnosed with a splenic IPT following investigation for persistent anemia, raised inflammatory markers, and polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia, whose symptoms resolved completely following splenectomy. This case highlights the need to consider this diagnosis when evaluating patients with a splenic mass of unknown etiology. |
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spelling | pubmed-45085542015-09-01 Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Spleen Georgia, Masafumi Rady, Kirsty Prince, Henry Miles Hematol Rep Case-Report Isolated splenic inflammatory pseudotumors (IPT) are extremely rare, typically benign, inflammatory lesions with varied clinical presentations that pose a diagnostic challenge to clinicians due to their similarity in appearance to neoplasms. We present the case of a young woman diagnosed with a splenic IPT following investigation for persistent anemia, raised inflammatory markers, and polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia, whose symptoms resolved completely following splenectomy. This case highlights the need to consider this diagnosis when evaluating patients with a splenic mass of unknown etiology. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2015-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4508554/ /pubmed/26331003 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/hr.2015.5905 Text en ©Copyright G. McMahon et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case-Report Georgia, Masafumi Rady, Kirsty Prince, Henry Miles Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Spleen |
title | Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Spleen |
title_full | Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Spleen |
title_fullStr | Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Spleen |
title_full_unstemmed | Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Spleen |
title_short | Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Spleen |
title_sort | inflammatory pseudotumor of the spleen |
topic | Case-Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4508554/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26331003 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/hr.2015.5905 |
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