title: [Inflammatory pseudotumor of the spleen: two case reports].
abstract: Inflammatory pseudotumor (IPT) of the spleen is an uncommon entity with debated etiology, characterized by a mixture of inflammatory cells and a component of myofibroblastic spindle cells. This lesion needs to be distinguished from the follicular dendritic cell tumor and the inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. We report two cases of splenic PTI in a 69-year old and a 62-year old women. The tumors measured respectively 80 and 30 mn in greatest dimension. An inflammatory pseudotumor was histopathologically diagnosed following a splenectomy.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Institut Salah Azaïez, Bab Saadoun, 1006 Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: Rym
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sellami-Dhouib
authors.forename: Karima
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mrad
authors.forename: Samia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sassi
authors.forename: Maha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Driss
authors.forename: Imen
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Abbes
authors.forename: Hssairi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mounir
authors.forename: Larbi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Noureddine
authors.forename: Bouziani
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ammar
authors.forename: Khaled
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ben Romdhane
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery