Open AccessInflammatory pseudotumor of the spleen
Author(s) -
Nataša Čolović,
R Colović,
Nikica Grubor,
Marijan Micev,
Vladimir Radak,
Mirjana Stojković
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
vojnosanitetski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2406-0720
pISSN - 0042-8450
DOI - 10.2298/vsp0608757c
Subject(s) - medicine , splenectomy , spleen , lesion , inflammatory pseudotumor , pathology , histology , lymphoproliferative disorders , biopsy , etiology , lymphoma , immunohistochemistry
Inflammatory pseudotumors are benign tumor lesions of an unknown etiology that can appear almost at any organ, sometimes along with infectious agens, like Epstein-Barr virus. They are extremely rare in the spleen, with less than 80 cases described in the world literature. It is a single, very rarely multinodal lesion. Middle aged patients are mostly affected. Symptoms are either absent or uncharacteristic, so that the tumors are discovered by chance or during investigations of other diseases.