title: Splenic inflammatory pseudotumor mimicking angiosarcoma.
abstract: Splenic tumors are rare. Differentiation of the tumors before operation is of great value regarding the outcome. A case of a 32-year-old man with a splenic inflammatory pseudotumor (IPT) mimicking splenic angiosarcoma is described. The tumor was highly suspected of being splenic angiosarcoma based on radiological findings preoperatively. However, after splenectomy, histopathological examinations revealed splenic IPT. Splenic IPT and angiosarcoma are rare and often pose diagnostic difficulties because the clinical and radiological findings are obscure. Due to large differences in prognosis, we briefly reviewed the clinical, radiological, and pathological features of both of the tumors.
authors.affiliation: Division of Colorectal surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Veteran General Hospital, Kaohsiung City, 81346, Taiwan, China. ss851124@gmail.com
authors.forename: Chao-Wen
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Chieh-Hsin
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Tsung-Lung
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Hong-Tai
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013156:Splenectomy; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography