title: Inflammatory pseudotumor of the spleen in a 6-year-old child: a clinicopathologic study.
abstract: Inflammatory pseudotumors of the spleen are extremely rare in children. To our knowledge, only 3 cases of splenic inflammatory pseudotumors have been reported. An inflammatory pseudotumor of the spleen was found incidentally during the workup of vesicoureteral reflux disease in a 6-year-old girl. The clinical, pathologic, immunophenotypic, and molecular features and the differential diagnostic features are discussed here. Splenic inflammatory pseudotumors, although rare, should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a mass lesion of the spleen in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine and Clarian Health Partners, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5200, USA.
authors.forename: Ashit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sarker
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: An
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Darja
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Praprotnik
authors.forename: Leo J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: McCarthy
authors.forename: Attilio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Orazi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*