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Isolated Splenic Lymphangiomas Presenting in an Infant with Isolated Anaemia
Lymphangiomas are benign tumours of lymphatic vessels which are not linked with the normal lymphatic vessels. Their symptoms usually depend on their location and size as they can compress or block adjacent organs. We present a 9-month-old girl with isolated cavernous lymphangiomas of the spleen, a r...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7174914/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32328111 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8919424 |
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author | Kakaje, Ameer Mujahed, Raghad Hamdan, Othman |
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description | Lymphangiomas are benign tumours of lymphatic vessels which are not linked with the normal lymphatic vessels. Their symptoms usually depend on their location and size as they can compress or block adjacent organs. We present a 9-month-old girl with isolated cavernous lymphangiomas of the spleen, a rare variable of lymphangiomas, with no symptoms. She had an isolated anaemia which could only be explained by the hypersplenism caused by the lymphangiomas. Such a presentation has been very rarely reported in the literature and not mainly in children. Furthermore, this case also illustrates imaging of hypersplenism related to lymphangiomas. |
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spelling | pubmed-71749142020-04-23 Isolated Splenic Lymphangiomas Presenting in an Infant with Isolated Anaemia Kakaje, Ameer Mujahed, Raghad Hamdan, Othman Case Rep Med Case Report Lymphangiomas are benign tumours of lymphatic vessels which are not linked with the normal lymphatic vessels. Their symptoms usually depend on their location and size as they can compress or block adjacent organs. We present a 9-month-old girl with isolated cavernous lymphangiomas of the spleen, a rare variable of lymphangiomas, with no symptoms. She had an isolated anaemia which could only be explained by the hypersplenism caused by the lymphangiomas. Such a presentation has been very rarely reported in the literature and not mainly in children. Furthermore, this case also illustrates imaging of hypersplenism related to lymphangiomas. Hindawi 2020-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC7174914/ /pubmed/32328111 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8919424 Text en Copyright © 2020 Ameer Kakaje et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Kakaje, Ameer Mujahed, Raghad Hamdan, Othman Isolated Splenic Lymphangiomas Presenting in an Infant with Isolated Anaemia |
title | Isolated Splenic Lymphangiomas Presenting in an Infant with Isolated Anaemia |
title_full | Isolated Splenic Lymphangiomas Presenting in an Infant with Isolated Anaemia |
title_fullStr | Isolated Splenic Lymphangiomas Presenting in an Infant with Isolated Anaemia |
title_full_unstemmed | Isolated Splenic Lymphangiomas Presenting in an Infant with Isolated Anaemia |
title_short | Isolated Splenic Lymphangiomas Presenting in an Infant with Isolated Anaemia |
title_sort | isolated splenic lymphangiomas presenting in an infant with isolated anaemia |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7174914/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32328111 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8919424 |
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