[An unusual splenic tumor. Littoral cell angioma]

Abstract

Littoral cell angioma is a rare splenic tumor which develops from specialised endothelial cells of the splenic red pulp. Numerous papers published since 1991 when the tumor was firstly described till now were focused on the radiologic characteristics of the lesion. This paper presents the clinical, imaging and morpho-immunohistochemical features of a littoral cell angioma diagnosed in a 51 year - old woman, to our knowledge, the first documented case in the Romanian medical literature. The lesion might be suspected on the basis of the clinical and imaging signs, but the diagnosis of certitude is provided by the gross and microscopic examination supplemented with immunohistochemical methods.