title: Splenic hamartoma presenting as an occasional asymptomatic finding.
abstract: We report a case of splenic hamartoma that was occasionally detected. Ultrasonography performed as a screening examination revealed a hypoechoic splenic lesion. A computed tomography and magnetic resonance examination were performed in order to characterize the lesion but failed to make a final diagnosis. An elective laparoscopic splenectomy with consecutive histologic examination revealed a splenic hamartoma. Splenectomy may be required for definite characterization of this type of splenic lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, AZ St.-Jan AV, Ruddershove 10, B-8000 Brugge.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: De Cuyper
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Coenegrachts
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Delanote
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Van Hoof
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Van Den Berghe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Verstraete
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Casselman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media