Fieseler H G, Stopinski J, Mall G, Petermann C
Klinik für Allgemein-, Thorax- und Gefässchirurgie, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/M.
Zentralbl Chir. 1998;123(2):196-8.
In the era of routinely used ultrasound techniques intrasplenic tumors are diagnosed more frequently. Usually these findings are not combined with specific symptoms. However, large cysts can lead to malfunctions of nearly located organs by displacing. Etiopathogenetic findings in our region are mainly non parasitic, epithelial and traumatic cysts or tumors of the spleen. We describe a large splenic mass of a 44 years old female patient. Pathological dignity remained unclear after using sonographic, radiological and clinical techniques. After uncomplicated total splenectomy the histopathological diagnosis revealed a benign, pseudoinflammatory tumor of the spleen. Inflammatory pseudotumors are a benign response to an unknown cause. It must be a main objective of preoperative diagnostics to distinguish them from malignant processes.
