Splenic hamartoma: A case report and review of the literature

SPLENIC HAMARTOMA: A CASE REPORT

A rare case of splenic harmartoma in a 31 year old female is reported. She was admitted with splenomegaly, fever and chronic history of epistaxis. Routine hematological survey revealed pancytopenia and mild hypercellular marrow. Abdominal sonography showed a space-occupying lesion in the spleen which was suspected as malignant tumor. Splenectomy was performed and histologic findings were d...

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Symptomatic Splenic Hamartoma: Case Report and Literature Review

An 11-year-old girl with low-grade fever, night sweats, thrombocytopenia, and an 8-year history of progressive splenomegaly underwent an elective splenectomy. Pathologic diagnosis was multiple splenic hamartoma. The patient’s symptoms resolved after the splenectomy. Since first described by Rokitansky in 1861, ;140 cases of splenic hamartoma have been described in the literature. Most of the sp...

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Symptomatic Splenic Hamartoma: Case Report and Literature Review

An 11-year-old girl with low-grade fever, night sweats, thrombocytopenia, and an 8-year history of progressive splenomegaly underwent an elective splenectomy. Pathologic diagnosis was multiple splenic hamartoma. The patient’s symptoms resolved after the splenectomy. Since first described by Rokitansky in 1861, ;140 cases of splenic hamartoma have been described in the literature. Most of the sp...

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Symptomatic Splenic Hamartoma: Case Report and Literature Review

An 11-year-old girl with low-grade fever, night sweats, thrombocytopenia, and an 8-year history of progressive splenomegaly underwent an elective splenectomy. Pathologic diagnosis was multiple splenic hamartoma. The patient’s symptoms resolved after the splenectomy. Since first described by Rokitansky in 1861, ;140 cases of splenic hamartoma have been described in the literature. Most of the sp...

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Splenic hamartoma: A case report and review of the literature

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