title: A case of hemangioma accompanied by inflammatory pseudotumor of the spleen.
abstract: Both hemangioma and inflammatory pseudotumor (IPT) of the spleen are rare benign mass lesions. Moreover, a splenic hemangioma accompanied by IPT is extremely rare. A 61-year-old woman who suffered from liver cirrhosis had a splenic cavernous hemangioma surrounded by granuloma. The literature on IPT of the spleen has described several possibilities of its causes; however, it is still unknown. This case was accompanied by portal hypertension due to liver cirrhosis, which may cause microrupture of hemangioma resulting in an IPT.
authors.affiliation: Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsubayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mizoue
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizuguchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shinohara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Magami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horibe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Serizawa
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000150:complications*; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000209:etiology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*