Splenic Angiosarcoma: A Diagnostic Splenectomy Finding

Splenic tumors are not frequent. Blood vessel neoplasms are a rare category of tumors and have an extremely low incidence in the spleen. This case report aims to describe a 57-year-old woman in whom a routine imaging examination had shown splenic cysts. During her follow-up, the cysts became larger...

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Autores principales: de Azevedo, Otavio Schmidt, do Nascimento Santos, Bruna, de Souza Liboni, Nelson, da Costa, Juliano Fernandes, de Campos, Olimpio Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5126591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27920710
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000452619
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da Costa, Juliano Fernandes
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description Splenic tumors are not frequent. Blood vessel neoplasms are a rare category of tumors and have an extremely low incidence in the spleen. This case report aims to describe a 57-year-old woman in whom a routine imaging examination had shown splenic cysts. During her follow-up, the cysts became larger and increased in number. A diagnostic splenectomy was performed and its analysis showed a rare splenic angiosarcoma.
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spelling pubmed-51265912016-12-05 Splenic Angiosarcoma: A Diagnostic Splenectomy Finding de Azevedo, Otavio Schmidt do Nascimento Santos, Bruna de Souza Liboni, Nelson da Costa, Juliano Fernandes de Campos, Olimpio Daniel Case Rep Oncol Case Report Splenic tumors are not frequent. Blood vessel neoplasms are a rare category of tumors and have an extremely low incidence in the spleen. This case report aims to describe a 57-year-old woman in whom a routine imaging examination had shown splenic cysts. During her follow-up, the cysts became larger and increased in number. A diagnostic splenectomy was performed and its analysis showed a rare splenic angiosarcoma. S. Karger AG 2016-11-14 /pmc/articles/PMC5126591/ /pubmed/27920710 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000452619 Text en Copyright © 2016 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
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Splenic Angiosarcoma: A Diagnostic Splenectomy Finding
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