Bailey A, Vos J, Cardinal J. Littoral cell angioma: A case report. World J Clin Cases 2015; 3(10): 894-899 [PMID: 26488026 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v3.i10.894]
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Amanda Bailey, DO (General Surgery Resident), Department of Surgery, West Virginia University, P.O. Box 9238 HSCS, Morgantown, WV 26508-9238, United States. aobailey@hsc.wvu.edu
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World J Clin Cases. Oct 16, 2015; 3(10): 894-899 Published online Oct 16, 2015. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v3.i10.894
Littoral cell angioma: A case report
Amanda Bailey, Jeffrey Vos, Jon Cardinal
Amanda Bailey, Jon Cardinal, Department of Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26508-9238, United States
Jeffrey Vos, Department of Pathology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26508-9238, United States
Author contributions: Bailey A wrote the case report and compiled the table; Vos J contributed the pathology analysis and provided the collection of pathological images; Cardinal J critically revised the intellectual content and contributed to the design of the table.
Institutional review board statement: This study has been approved by West Virginia University.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There are no conflicts of interest to be declared by the authors of this paper.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Amanda Bailey, DO (General Surgery Resident), Department of Surgery, West Virginia University, P.O. Box 9238 HSCS, Morgantown, WV 26508-9238, United States. aobailey@hsc.wvu.edu
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Received: April 14, 2015 Peer-review started: April 14, 2015 First decision: June 3, 2015 Revised: June 21, 2015 Accepted: August 4, 2015 Article in press: August 7, 2015 Published online: October 16, 2015 Processing time: 185 Days and 14.2 Hours
Abstract
Primary splenic lesions are rare entities among which littoral cell angioma (LCA) is a recently described, uncommon vascular lesion that is unique to the spleen. It has heretofore been described primarily in pathologic series and has been found mostly to behave as a benign entity. A few reports of malignant variants have been reported. We present a case report of a solitary LCA discovered after splenectomy for an incidentally discovered splenic lesion, along with a literature review.
Core tip: Littoral cell angioma (LCA) is a rare benign vascular lesion of the spleen. LCA can range from no symptoms to a vague set of symptoms such as: abdominal pain, splenomegaly, thrombocytopenia, anemia, fever, chills, weakness and fatigue. Diagnosis is made by histopathology after splenectomy.
