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#redirect [[Spleen#Splenic_hamartoma]]
'''Splenic hamartoma''', also '''[[hamartoma]] of the spleen''', is an uncommon benign lesion of the [[spleen]].


==General==
*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>
==Gross==
*Red lesion.
*Well-circumscribed.
===Image===
<gallery>
Image:Spleen_hamartom.jpg | Splenic hamartoma. (WC)
</gallery>
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref name=pmid19123729/>
*Variable size irregular vascular channels
*Red pulp-like disorganized stroma
*+/-Lymphoid follicles.
===Images===
<gallery>
Image:Splenic_hamartoma_-_very_low_mag.jpg | Splenic hamartoma - very low mag. (WC)
Image:Splenic_hamartoma_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Splenic hamartoma - intermed. mag. (WC)
Image:Splenic_hamartoma_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Splenic hamartoma - very high mag. (WC)
</gallery>
==IHC==
Features:<ref name=pmid19123729>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lee | first1 = H. | last2 = Maeda | first2 = K. | title = Hamartoma of the spleen. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 133 | issue = 1 | pages = 147-51 | month = Jan | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1043/1543-2165-133.1.147 | PMID = 19123729 }}
</ref>
*CD8 +ve endothelial cells.
==See also==
*[[Spleen]].
*[[Hamartoma]].
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
[[Category:Spleen]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
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