Splenic leiomyoma: an uncommon localization.
Muscle cell tumors are very uncommon in the spleen as they are in ataxia-telangiectasia. The increased frequency of chromosome breaks probably because of a defect in DNA repair favors the development of benign or malignant tumors in the patient. A case of leiomyoma of the spleen in an 8-year-old boy with ataxia-telangiectasia is reported. The literature on the splenic masses and the localization of leiomyoma is reviewed.
Oğuzkurt
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Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Senocak
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ME
Akçören
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Z
Kale
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G
Hiçsönmez
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A
D001260:Ataxia Telangiectasia / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D013156:Splenectomy; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery