splenic infarction occurs due to occlusion of splenic vessels that leads to splenic tissue ischemia and necrosis. there are several reports regarding splenic infarction in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (aml). herein, we report a case of acute promyelocytic anemia (aml-m3) who presented with abdominal pain and splenic infarction.

littoral cell angioma is a splenic vascular tumor of splenic sinus lining cells that is considered benign in general. this report describes a case of littoral cell angioma with no malignant histological features. the lesion is composed of anastomosing vascular channels resembling splenic sinus; they are lined by endothelial cells which show mitotic activity very rare. immunohistochemically, the...

intraosseous ganglia can affect the carpal bones of the hand and must be considered in the differential diagnosis of wrist pain. a 38-year-old female presented with a 14-month history of left wrist pain and a radiolucent cystic lesion was seen computed tomography (ct) scanning. characteristic radiographic findings of a cyst in association with a fine sclerotic rim was apparent. we report an unu...

Splenic cysts are rarely detected, and clinically diagnosed commonly as spleenomegaly . Thenature of the cyst could not be pre-operatively because its’ anatomical location andonly confirmed by histopathological assessments. These found a sequel ofsplenic infarct followed abscess formation. This is very rare condition minor boy ofonly 10 years’ old who presented with hugely enlarged spleen. The ...

splenic tuberculosis is a rare entity, particularly among immunocompetent hosts. hererin, we present a 23 year-old man who was reffered with fever of unknown origin and eventually diagnosed to have splenic tuberculosis with an involvement of a single axillary lymph node as the sole site disease in the other organs.despite two months of treatment with antituberculous agents due to necrotising gr...

cystic disease of the spleen is not frequently encountered in surgical practice. it is broadly classified as parasitic and non-parasitic, the latter being a rare entity. in this case report, an epidermoid cyst of spleen led to acute abdomen in young age pregnant woman is presented. a 26-year-old woman with 15 weeks gestational age second pregnancy referred to emergency ward with left upper quad...

  Littoral cell angioma is a splenic vascular tumor of splenic sinus lining cells that is considered benign in general. This report describes a case of littoral cell angioma with no malignant histological features. The lesion is composed of anastomosing vascular channels resembling splenic sinus; they are lined by endothelial cells which show mitotic activity very rare. Immunohistochemically, ...