title: Laparoscopic splenectomy for a littoral cell angioma of the spleen: Case report.
abstract: A littoral cell angioma (LCA) is a primary vascular tumor of the spleen, that can have malignant potential and may present association with other malignancies. This is a case of LCA that was discovered incidentally in a 79-year-old woman who presented with a polycythemia at the time of consultation. The neoplasm was evaluated by ultrasound and computed tomography. The patient underwent a splenectomy that revealed LCA by pathological evaluation. The post-operative outcome was favorable with no complications or recurrent disease. This case presentation, clinical, radiographic, and pathological features of an uncommon splenic tumor can be studied in order to advance our knowledge in our understanding of LCA.
authors.affiliation: Alice Marzetti, Federico Messina, Daniela Prando, Luca A Verza, Ugo Vacca, Alireza Azabdaftari, Leonardo Rubinato, Ferdinando Agresta, Department of General Surgery, ULSS 19 del Veneto, 45011 Adria, Italy.
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marzetti
authors.affiliation: Alice Marzetti, Federico Messina, Daniela Prando, Luca A Verza, Ugo Vacca, Alireza Azabdaftari, Leonardo Rubinato, Ferdinando Agresta, Department of General Surgery, ULSS 19 del Veneto, 45011 Adria, Italy.
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Messina
authors.affiliation: Alice Marzetti, Federico Messina, Daniela Prando, Luca A Verza, Ugo Vacca, Alireza Azabdaftari, Leonardo Rubinato, Ferdinando Agresta, Department of General Surgery, ULSS 19 del Veneto, 45011 Adria, Italy.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Prando
authors.affiliation: Alice Marzetti, Federico Messina, Daniela Prando, Luca A Verza, Ugo Vacca, Alireza Azabdaftari, Leonardo Rubinato, Ferdinando Agresta, Department of General Surgery, ULSS 19 del Veneto, 45011 Adria, Italy.
authors.forename: Luca A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Verza
authors.affiliation: Alice Marzetti, Federico Messina, Daniela Prando, Luca A Verza, Ugo Vacca, Alireza Azabdaftari, Leonardo Rubinato, Ferdinando Agresta, Department of General Surgery, ULSS 19 del Veneto, 45011 Adria, Italy.
authors.forename: Ugo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Vacca
authors.affiliation: Alice Marzetti, Federico Messina, Daniela Prando, Luca A Verza, Ugo Vacca, Alireza Azabdaftari, Leonardo Rubinato, Ferdinando Agresta, Department of General Surgery, ULSS 19 del Veneto, 45011 Adria, Italy.
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Azabdaftari
authors.affiliation: Alice Marzetti, Federico Messina, Daniela Prando, Luca A Verza, Ugo Vacca, Alireza Azabdaftari, Leonardo Rubinato, Ferdinando Agresta, Department of General Surgery, ULSS 19 del Veneto, 45011 Adria, Italy.
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rubinato
authors.affiliation: Alice Marzetti, Federico Messina, Daniela Prando, Luca A Verza, Ugo Vacca, Alireza Azabdaftari, Leonardo Rubinato, Ferdinando Agresta, Department of General Surgery, ULSS 19 del Veneto, 45011 Adria, Italy.
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reale
authors.affiliation: Alice Marzetti, Federico Messina, Daniela Prando, Luca A Verza, Ugo Vacca, Alireza Azabdaftari, Leonardo Rubinato, Ferdinando Agresta, Department of General Surgery, ULSS 19 del Veneto, 45011 Adria, Italy.
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Favat
authors.affiliation: Alice Marzetti, Federico Messina, Daniela Prando, Luca A Verza, Ugo Vacca, Alireza Azabdaftari, Leonardo Rubinato, Ferdinando Agresta, Department of General Surgery, ULSS 19 del Veneto, 45011 Adria, Italy.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barbujani
authors.affiliation: Alice Marzetti, Federico Messina, Daniela Prando, Luca A Verza, Ugo Vacca, Alireza Azabdaftari, Leonardo Rubinato, Ferdinando Agresta, Department of General Surgery, ULSS 19 del Veneto, 45011 Adria, Italy.
authors.forename: Ferdinando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Agresta
keywords: Angioma; Laparoscopy; Littoral cell; Splenectomy; Splenomegaly