Symptomatic splenoma (hamartoma) of the spleen. A case report.
Hamartomas of the spleen (splenomas) are very rare benign tumors composed of an aberrant mixture of normal splenic elements. Herein we present a unique case of a symptomatic non-palpable splenoma in a 64-year-old female patient presented with anemia and thrombocytopenia and we describe imaging findings in ultrasound, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. To our knowledge, this is the first case of a relatively small splenic hamartoma (35 mm at histopathology) associated with thrombocytopenia and anemia that resolved completely several months after splenectomy.
Tsitouridis
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Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Michaelides
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Tsitouridis
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Davidis
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Efstratiou
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