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→Littoral cell angioma of the spleen
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:For ''angioma'' see ''[[vascular malformations]]''. | :For ''angioma'' see ''[[vascular malformations]]''. | ||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
Features:<ref name= | Features:<ref name=pmid15329769>{{Cite journal | last1 = Tan | first1 = YM. | last2 = Chuah | first2 = KL. | last3 = Wong | first3 = WK. | title = Littoral cell angioma of the spleen. | journal = Ann Acad Med Singapore | volume = 33 | issue = 4 | pages = 524-6 | month = Jul | year = 2004 | doi = | PMID = 15329769 | url=http://www.annals.edu.sg/pdf200408/V33N4p524.pdf }}</ref> | ||
*Rare. | *Rare. | ||
*Benign. | *Benign. | ||
Clinical:<ref name=pmid15329769/> | |||
*Pyrexia (fever), solitary hypodense lesion on imaging. | |||
Note: | Note: | ||
*''Littoral'' = related to ''shore''.<ref>URL: [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/littoral http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/littoral]. Accessed on: 24 July 2011.</ref><ref>URL: [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/littoral http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/littoral]. Accessed on: 24 July 2011.</ref> | *''Littoral cells'' = line vascular channels of the red pulp.<ref name=pmid15329769/> | ||
**''Littoral'' = related to ''shore''.<ref>URL: [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/littoral http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/littoral]. Accessed on: 24 July 2011.</ref><ref>URL: [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/littoral http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/littoral]. Accessed on: 24 July 2011.</ref> | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features:<ref name= | Features:<ref name=pmid15329769/> | ||
*Anastoming, small vascular channels. | *Anastoming, small vascular channels. | ||
*Cystic spaces. | *Cystic spaces. | ||