Splenic myoid angioendothelioma mimicking metastatic disease in an 8-year-old with Stage IV Wilms' tumour.

BMJ Case Rep

Department of General and Thoracic Pediatric Surgery, Children's National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

Published: May 2018

Myoid angioendothelioma are rare and benign vascular tumours of the spleen. Radiographic evaluation and diagnosis is often challenging and subjecting tissue samples to immuhistochemical analysis is often required to make a definitive diagnosis. Myoidangioendotheliomas can be managed with open or laparoscopic splenectomy with minimal risk of recurrent disease. Herein, we present a case of a myoid angioendothelioma in a patient with stage IV Wilms' tumour.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965747PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-224550DOI Listing

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