Case Reports in Oncology (Nov 2016)

Splenic Angiosarcoma: A Diagnostic Splenectomy Finding

  • Otavio Schmidt de Azevedo,
  • Bruna do Nascimento Santos,
  • Nelson de Souza Liboni,
  • Juliano Fernandes da Costa,
  • Olimpio Daniel de Campos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1159/000452619
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 3
pp. 733 – 737

Abstract

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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.

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