Isolated splenic lymphangioma presenting as a huge mass causing anemia and abdominal distension in an adult patient: a case report

BACKGROUND: Lymphangiomas are uncommon benign lesions of lymphatic vessels very rarely affecting the spleen. Isolated involvement of the spleen in adult patients is rarely reported. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a 40-year-old Arabic woman who presented with a 25-cm abdominal mass, fatigue,...

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Published in:J Med Case Rep
Main Authors: Efared, Boubacar, Atsame-Ebang, Gabrielle, Zabeirou, Aliou, Hammas, Nawal, Mazaz, Khalid, El Fatemi, Hinde, Chbani, Laila
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5901864/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29656712
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-018-1664-5
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