GPR: 2019 - Week 35
From MGH Learn Pathology
Clinical history
37 year-old M with splenomegaly and innumerable splenic lesions
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Littoral Cell Angioma - Benign vascular tumor derived from littoral cells/red pulp lining cells
- Gross: Enlarged spleen with spongy appearance, almost always multiple lesions - Age and Gender: All ages, M=F - Prognosis: Excellent, excision is curative |
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Splenic Hamartoma - Rare benign tumor composed exclusively of red pulp
- Gross appearance: single, well-demarcated mass with red, bulging cut surfaces - Age and Gender: All ages, M=F - Prognosis: Excellent, excision is curative |
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Sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation (SANT) - Benign vascular lesion
- Gross appearance: Single, well-demarcated central mass with stellate necrosis - Tan-white cut surfaces with areas of entrapped red pulp - Age and Gender: Median age 50 years, M>F - Prognosis: Excellent, excision is curative |
Leonardo Boiocchi, MD
Daniel Shepard, MD
Diane Brackett, MDThis week's Gross Pathology Roundup was presented by Megan Johnson Fitzpatrick, MD on Mon, Aug 26, 2019.
