title: Splenic Angiosarcoma: A Diagnostic Splenectomy Finding.
abstract: Splenic tumors are not frequent. Blood vessel neoplasms are a rare category of tumors and have an extremely low incidence in the spleen. This case report aims to describe a 57-year-old woman in whom a routine imaging examination had shown splenic cysts. During her follow-up, the cysts became larger and increased in number. A diagnostic splenectomy was performed and its analysis showed a rare splenic angiosarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Otavio Schmidt
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: de Azevedo
authors.affiliation: Santa Casa de São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Bruna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: do Nascimento Santos
authors.affiliation: Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Nelson
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: de Souza Liboni
authors.affiliation: Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Juliano Fernandes
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: da Costa
authors.affiliation: Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Olimpio Daniel
authors.initials: OD
authors.lastname: de Campos
keywords: Angiosarcoma; Angiosarcoma of the spleen; Soft-tissue sarcoma; Splenic angiosarcoma