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Littoral cell angioma mimicking metastatic tumors

Published:2015-12-01 Issue:4 Volume:28 Page:247-249
ISSN:2300-6676
Container-title:Current Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences
language:en
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Author:

Szumilo Justyna¹,Ostrowska Anna¹,Zdunek Malgorzata¹,Rudzki Slawomir²,Chroscicki Tomasz³,Czekajska-Chehab Elzbieta⁴,Burdan Franciszek³

Affiliation:

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

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

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

4. 1st Department of Radiology, Medical University of Lublin, 8 Jaczewskiego, 20-954 Lublin, Poland

Abstract

Abstract 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.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Pharmacology,Molecular Biology,General Medicine,Biochemistry