Inflammatory pseudotumor of the spleen in a 6-year-old child: a clinicopathologic study.
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.
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Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine and Clarian Health Partners, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5200, USA.
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Caroline
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Davis
Mary
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Praprotnik
Darja
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McCarthy
Leo J
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Orazi
Attilio
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D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*