title: Pseudotumour of spleen.
abstract: A 57 years female presented with complaints of pain in the left hypochondrium and fever for 4 weeks. A single firm preoperative diagnosis could not be made in this lady. At exploration, spleen was enlarged with a lobulated mass at the hilum. Splenectomy was done and patient made an uneventful recovery. The histopathological report of resected specimen of spleen was inflammatory pseudotumour of spleen. The clinical, radiological and pathological features of previously reported cases are reviewed in this case report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Allama Iqbal Medical College / Jinnah Hospital, Lahore. tayyab.abbas01@gmail.com
authors.forename: Tayyab
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abbas
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lateef
authors.lastname: Burhan-ul-Haq
authors.forename: Farhan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Iftikhar
authors.forename: Usman
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Imtiaz
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013156:Splenectomy; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome