title: Sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation of the spleen. A case report.
abstract: A 57 year old woman presenting with heartburn and a one month history of epigastric abdominal pain and left hypochondrium pain. After conducting an ultrasound scan and a CT scan, a low attenuation lesion in the spleen was found, and the definitive diagnosis was sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation of the spleen (STANT) which was based on a splenectomy and a pathologic study. SANT is a benign rare vascular disease consisting of proliferation of angiomatoid/vascular nodules which predominantly affects women aged 27 to 68. It is usually detected as a coincidental finding in asymptomatic patients. The presumptive diagnosis is established by imaging tests, especially CT and MR; and the final diagnosis is as well established on the basis of pathology after a splenectomy.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Radiología Digestiva, Hospital Mediterraneo, España.
authors.forename: Pedro Jesús
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Martínez Martínez
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Radiología , Hospital Mediterráneo .
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Solbes Vila
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Radiología, Hospital Mediterráneo.
authors.forename: Carlos Javier
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Bosquet Úbeda
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Mediterráneo.
authors.forename: José María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Roig Álvaro
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012598:Sclerosis; D013156:Splenectomy; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery