Peliosis of the spleen in a patient with cirrhosis of the liver.
Peliosis is a rare entity usually encountered in the liver and occasionally also found concurrently in the spleen. We studied a case of isolated peliosis of the spleen found incidentally at autopsy in a patient with hepatitis B virus-associated cirrhosis of the liver.
D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size; D011693:Purpura / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography