title: Sclerosing Angiomatoid Nodular Transformation of Spleen in a 3-year-old Child.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Reports of sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation in the pediatric population are rare.
  
  
  METHODS
  The 3-year-old child was injured in a car accident and then diagnosed with sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation. The patient underwent exploratory surgery with partial splenectomy including total excision of the tumor mass.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Neither recurrence nor metastasis occurred over 20 months of follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation can occur in early childhood.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pathology and *General Surgery, Jiangxi Childrens Hospital, Nanchang 330006, China. Correspondence to: Dr Wenping Yang, Department of Pathology, Jiangxi Childrens Hospital, Yang-Ming Road 220, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, Peoples Republic of China 330 006, ywp07912000@163.com.
authors.forename: Shouhua
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wenping
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: X U
authors.initials: XU
authors.lastname: Hongyan
authors.forename: W U
authors.initials: WU
authors.lastname: Zhuqiang
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000798:Angiomatosis; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013156:Splenectomy; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms