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*Benign.
*Benign.
*Women > men.<ref name=pmid21393931>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sankar | first1 = S. | last2 = Thanka | first2 = J. | last3 = Jagdishchandrabose | first3 = S. | last4 = Rajendran | first4 = S. | title = Splenic hamartoma: a rare vascular space occupying lesion of the spleen. | journal = Indian J Pathol Microbiol | volume = 54 | issue = 1 | pages = 223-5 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.4103/0377-4929.77416 | PMID = 21393931 }}</ref>
*Women > men.<ref name=pmid21393931>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sankar | first1 = S. | last2 = Thanka | first2 = J. | last3 = Jagdishchandrabose | first3 = S. | last4 = Rajendran | first4 = S. | title = Splenic hamartoma: a rare vascular space occupying lesion of the spleen. | journal = Indian J Pathol Microbiol | volume = 54 | issue = 1 | pages = 223-5 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.4103/0377-4929.77416 | PMID = 21393931 }}</ref>
*May cause pain.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Tatekawa | first1 = Y. | last2 = Kanehiro | first2 = H. | last3 = Nakajima | first3 = Y. | title = Laparoscopic extirpation of splenic hamartoma. | journal = Pediatr Surg Int | volume = 23 | issue = 9 | pages = 911-4 | month = Sep | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1007/s00383-007-1902-1 | PMID = 17364201 }}</ref>


==Gross==
==Gross==

Revision as of 20:37, 8 April 2014

Splenic hamartoma, also hamartoma of the spleen, is an uncommon benign lesion of the spleen.

General

  • Benign.
  • Women > men.[1]
  • May cause pain.[2]

Gross

  • Red lesion.
  • Well-circumscribed.

Image

Microscopic

Features:[3]

  • Variable size irregular vascular channels
  • Red pulp-like disorganized stroma
  • +/-Lymphoid follicles.

Images

IHC

Features:[3]

  • CD8 +ve endothelial cells.

See also

References

  1. Sankar, S.; Thanka, J.; Jagdishchandrabose, S.; Rajendran, S.. "Splenic hamartoma: a rare vascular space occupying lesion of the spleen.". Indian J Pathol Microbiol 54 (1): 223-5. doi:10.4103/0377-4929.77416. PMID 21393931.
  2. Tatekawa, Y.; Kanehiro, H.; Nakajima, Y. (Sep 2007). "Laparoscopic extirpation of splenic hamartoma.". Pediatr Surg Int 23 (9): 911-4. doi:10.1007/s00383-007-1902-1. PMID 17364201.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Lee, H.; Maeda, K. (Jan 2009). "Hamartoma of the spleen.". Arch Pathol Lab Med 133 (1): 147-51. doi:10.1043/1543-2165-133.1.147. PMID 19123729.