title: Sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation of the spleen associated with thrombocytopenia.
abstract: Sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation of the spleen, a recently described lesion of unknown pathogenesis, with a benign clinical course that is very often asymptomatic. Sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation may be a novo lesion or the final common pathway of various benign splenic conditions such as hamartoma, inflammatory pseudotumor and hemangioma. We report the case of a 68 year-old woman with thrombocytopenia and a splenic mass, diagnosed as sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, San Juan de Dios Hospital, Costa Rica.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Quirós
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Manes
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bonandini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vivaldi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dalla Palma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barbareschi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000150:complications*