title: Hemangioendothelioma arising from the spleen: A case report and literature review.
abstract: Primary hemangioendotheliomas (HEs) of the spleen are rare, low-grade borderline-malignant vascular tumors. To date, only a few splenic HE cases have been reported in adults. In infants, one 9-year-old male patient has previously been reported, and the patient succumbed to the disease shortly following surgery. Currently, the clinical treatment and prognosis of the disease remains challenging to define, due to the extremely low number of cases reported. The current report presents the case of a 9-year-old pediatric patient with splenic HE, who survived with no recurrence or complications following a partial splenectomy. Additionally, a literature review was conducted to analyze the treatment and prognosis of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatology, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, University of Jinan, Jinan, Shandong 250022, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Zhendan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Third People's Hospital of Jiaozhou, Jiaozhou, Shandong 266300, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Shandong Cancer Hospital, Jinan, Shandong 250117, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Shandong Cancer Hospital, Jinan, Shandong 250117, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Dianbin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mu
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Shandong Cancer Hospital, Jinan, Shandong 250117, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatology, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, University of Jinan, Jinan, Shandong 250022, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Sheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
keywords: hemangioendotheliomas; partial splenectomy; spleen