title: Littoral cell angioma of the spleen: report of three cases and a review of the literature.
abstract: Littoral cell angioma is a recently described rare vascular tumor of the spleen. The clinical course of this benign tumor is asymptomatic in most patients. Herein, we described three patients with littoral cell angioma detected during physical examination. A brief discussion and review of a handful of cases of splenic littoral cell angioma, which have been previously reported in the English language literature, are performed in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Yan
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Jia-Mei
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Qiang-Xiu
authors.initials: QX
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ji-Zhen
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Miao-Qing
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Wei-Xia
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Jian-Feng
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology