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A CASE REPORT ON SPLENIC HEMANGIOMATOSIS

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Abstract : The most common primary tumours of the spleen
are benign and originate from the vascular endothelium.
Haemangioma is the most common primary benign neoplasm
of spleen and usually represents as a small ,localized
tumour. Cavernous haemangioma is a rare disorder of the
spleen with fewer than 100 cases reported in literature This
condition may occur together with haemangiomatosis of the
liver or it may occur as a manifestation of systemic
angiomatosis, or less commonly, is confined to the spleen.
We present a patient with moderate splenomegaly caused by
splenic haemangiomatosis. The patient had no clinical disorders
resulting from the splenic vascular tumour.
Keyword :cavernous haemangioma of spleen, giant
splenomegaly, haemangioma, partial splenectomy, splenic
haemangioma


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