Laparoscopic approach in the treatment of splenic angiolipomatous hamartoma: the first report of a case.

ABSTRACT: Angiolipomatous hamartoma is a benign mesenchymal proliferation of unknown aetiology. Only a few cases have been documented in the published literature. This current case report describes a 57-year-old female patient who was hospitalized for an assessment of a previously radiologically-verified splenic lesion and further treatment. The patient had been surgically treated 10 years previously; a lobectomy of the superior left pulmonary lobe had been performed in order to remove a verified tumour lesion. A complete radiological examination was undertaken, which verified a spleen of a size that was within the physiological range, with a centrally-located lobular tumour lesion. Given the risk of splenic rupture, as well as the fact that the lesion's aetiology was still undetermined, and finally

SUBMITTER: Milosavljevic VM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9900658 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature