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Case Reports
. 2008 Apr;40(1):48-51.

Hamartoma - a rare benign tumor of the spleen: a report of four cases

Pinar Yazici  1 , Unal Aydin  1 , Sinan Ersin  1 , Hasan Kaplan  1
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Hamartoma - a rare benign tumor of the spleen: a report of four cases

Pinar Yazici et al. Eurasian J Med. 2008 Apr.

Abstract
in English, Turkish

Splenic hamartoma is an uncommon benign tumor. We retrospectively analyzed all patients who underwent splenectomy between May 2000 and June 2006 and four cases of splenic hamartoma were encountered. Three patients presented with mild abdominal pain. Abdominal ultrasonography was the first diagnostic step, which revealed a splenic mass. Doppler ultrasonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance were among the other diagnostic methods. An elective splenectomy was performed for all of the cases. Splenic hamartoma must be considered in the differential diagnosis of splenic masses unrelated to any other malignancy. Elective splenectomy is indicated due to hematological disorders or symptoms of pain and appreciation of the mass.

Dalak hamartomu nadir görülen iyi huylu bir tümördür. Mayıs 2000 ve Haziran 2006 tarihleri arasında splenektomi uygulanan hastalar tarandı ve 4 hastanın patolojisi hamartom olarak saptandı. Üç hasta ılımlı bir karın ağrısı şikayeti ile kliniğimize başvurdu. Splenik kitle teşhisinde kullanılan ilk radyolojik inceleme ultrasonografi olmakla birlikte doppler ultrasonografi, bilgisayarlı tomografi ve manyetik rezonans diğer metotlar arasında idi. Tüm olgulara elektif splenektomi uygulandı. Sonuç olarak, mevcut malignitelerle ilişkili olmayan dalak kitlelerinin ayırıcı tanısında hamartom göz önünde bulundurulmalı ve ağrı, kitle bası hissi veya hematolojik bozukluğu olan hastalarda elektif splenektomi uygulanmalıdır.

Keywords: Hamartoma; Splenectomy; Splenic mass.

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Fig. 1
CT findings of a case. The arrows show the outlines of the splenic mass and the inner triangle shows the cystic component of the lesion.
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