title: Splenic leiomyoma: an uncommon localization.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Oğuzkurt
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Senocak
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Akçören
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kale
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hiçsönmez
mesh_terms: 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