title: Sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation of the spleen in an adolescent with chronic abdominal pain.
abstract: Sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation (SANT) is a relatively new, benign neoplasm arising within the red pulp of the spleen. The lesion is often identified incidentally on imaging, and the diagnosis is confirmed on pathologic assessment of the resected spleen. Although there have been several reports of SANT in the adult population, data on this lesion in the pediatric population are exceedingly rare. We present a case of SANT in an adolescent male with chronic abdominal pain and discuss the management issues that arise in treating this condition in the pediatric population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Zubin M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Bamboat
authors.forename: Peter T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Masiakos
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009383:Neoplasms, Vascular Tissue / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013156:Splenectomy; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed