Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome and splenic hemangioma: report of a case.
Surveillance sonography is performed in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome because of the risk of malignant tumors. Benign neoplasms, although reportedly less common, also occur. A splenic hemangioma was found in a patient by routine sonography.
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Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Department of Radiology, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Dehner
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D001506:Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D018324:Hemangioma, Capillary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed