Littoral cell angioma mimicking metastatic tumors

• Authors: Justyna Szumilo , Anna Ostrowska , Malgorzata Zdunek , Slawomir Rudzki , Tomasz Chroscicki , Elzbieta Czekajska-Chehab , Franciszek Burdan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Littoral cell angioma is a rare primary, vascular tumor thought to originate from the endothelial cells lining the sinuses of the splenic red pulp (the “littoral cells”). It is a benign, usually asymptomatic lesion diagnosed incidentally. Ultrasound and tomography appearance is not characteristic and histopathological examination is required. This work provides a case-study of littoral cell angioma which was seen in a 55-year-old female who complained of non-specific upper abdominal pain. Computed tomography revealed multiple hypo-attenuated splenic lesions suggestive for metastasis. A splenectomy was performed and routine microscopic examination supported by immunohistochemistry reactions with CD68, CD34 and CD31 showed littoral cell angioma.

Keywords

EN

littoral cell angioma; spleen; splenic tumor; splenic metastasis

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Current Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 247-249

Dates

published

1 - 12 - 2015

accepted

3 - 11 - 2015

online

30 - 12 - 2015

received

5 - 10 - 2015

Contributors

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Justyna Szumilo

• Chair and Department of Clinical Pathology, Medical University of Lublin, 8b Jaczewskiego, 20-090 Lublin, Poland

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Anna Ostrowska

• Chair and Department of Clinical Pathology, Medical University of Lublin, 8b Jaczewskiego, 20-090 Lublin, Poland

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Malgorzata Zdunek

• Chair and Department of Clinical Pathology, Medical University of Lublin, 8b Jaczewskiego, 20-090 Lublin, Poland

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Slawomir Rudzki

• Chair and Department of General and Transplant Surgery and Nutritional Treatment, Medical University of Lublin, 8 Jaczewskiego, 20-954 Lublin, Poland

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Tomasz Chroscicki

• Chair and Department of Human Anatomy, Medical University of Lublin, 4 Jaczewskiego, 20-090 Lublin, Poland

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Elzbieta Czekajska-Chehab

• 1st Department of Radiology, Medical University of Lublin, 8 Jaczewskiego, 20-954 Lublin, Poland

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Franciszek Burdan

• Chair and Department of Human Anatomy, Medical University of Lublin, 4 Jaczewskiego, 20-090 Lublin, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/cipms-2015-0081