Coexistence of splenic hemangioma and vascular malformation of the vertebrae

Cavernous hemangioma is an encapsulated mass of dilated, endothelial lined vascular channels filled with slowly flowing blood. Cavernous hemangioma of the spleen is a rare condition with less than 100 reports so far. Hemangioma of the vertebral is a benign vascular legion around one or two vertebrae...

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Published in:BMC research notes 2016-02, Vol.9 (80), p.76-76, Article 76
Main Authors: Jalaeikhoo, Hasan, Ariana, Mehdi, Kashfi, Seyed Mohammad Hossein, Azimzadeh, Pedram, Narimani, Ahmad, Dadpay, Masoomeh, Keyhani, Manouchehr
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Back pain
Bone marrow
Care and treatment
Case Report
Complications and side effects
Diagnosis
Diarrhea
Family medical history
Hemangioma
Hemangioma - complications
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Medical imaging
Metastasis
Patient outcomes
Risk factors
Spine - blood supply
Spine - pathology
Spleen - pathology
Splenic Neoplasms - complications
Splenic Neoplasms - pathology
Tumors
Vascular Malformations - complications
Vertebrae
Young Adult
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Summary:Cavernous hemangioma is an encapsulated mass of dilated, endothelial lined vascular channels filled with slowly flowing blood. Cavernous hemangioma of the spleen is a rare condition with less than 100 reports so far. Hemangioma of the vertebral is a benign vascular legion around one or two vertebrae. These are usually asymptomatic and discovered incidentally. In this study we reported an extreme rare case of splenic hemangioma coexistence with vascular malformation of the vertebrae. To our knowledge this is the first report of coexistence of splenic hemangioma and hemangioma of the vertebra. A 20-year-old iranian male with splenomegaly, abdominal pain, diarrhea and pancytopenia who was first highly suspicious for malignancy referred to our center for evaluation of the diagnostic workup. After full examination we detected a very rare case with a giant, solitary cavernous hemangioma of the spleen and multiple hemangiomas in his vertebrae. Histopathology of the spleen showed a large cavernous hemangioma occupying almost the entire spleen with large areas of infarction necrosis with multiple hemangiomas of the vertebrae. It is extremely rare to have a splenic hemangioma concurrent with vertebra hemangioma and this is clinically very important to consider splenic hemangioma in differential diagnosis of splenomegaly for a better therapeutic management in related patients.
ISSN:1756-0500
1756-0500
DOI:10.1186/s13104-016-1860-6