title: Primary angiosarcoma of the spleen: in vivo and in vitro MRI findings.
abstract: Primary splenic angiosarcomas are extremely rare tumors with very poor prognosis. These tumors, highly aggressive and lethal, present with widespread metastatic disease or splenic ruptures. The possibility to lengthen the survival by splenectomy before the development of splenic rupture makes an early radiological diagnosis a necessity. Multimodality imaging findings of a patient with splenic angiosarcoma is presented. In vivo and in vitro magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of the spleen are compared to macro- and micropathological findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnostics, Trakya University Medical School, 22030 Edirne, Turkey. hkarakas@trakya.edu.tr
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Karakas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ozyilmaz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cakir
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D013156:Splenectomy; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery