Littoral cell angioma: a vascular tumor mimicking a solid tumor on a Tc-99m-red blood cell spleen scan

I Barshack; M Perelman; A Many; E Goshen; S T Zwas; J Kopolovic

Littoral cell angioma: a vascular tumor mimicking a solid tumor on a Tc-99m-red blood cell spleen scan

Isr J Med Sci. 1997 Oct;33(10):677-80.

Authors

I Barshack¹, M Perelman, A Many, E Goshen, S T Zwas, J Kopolovic

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.

PMID: 9397143

Abstract

A splenic space occupying lesion, in a 45-year-old woman, was negative in a Tc-99m-RBC spleen scan. A diagnostic splenectomy was performed and the lesion was found to be a vascular tumor, lately identified as littoral cell angioma. The histological and immunohistochemical findings are discussed in correlation with the imaging results.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Biopsy, Needle
Diagnosis, Differential
Erythrocytes*
False Negative Reactions
Female
Hemangioma / diagnostic imaging*
Hemangioma / pathology
Hemangioma / surgery
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Middle Aged
Organotechnetium Compounds*
Phytic Acid*
Radionuclide Imaging
Splenectomy
Splenic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Splenic Neoplasms / pathology
Splenic Neoplasms / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Organotechnetium Compounds
technetium phytate
Phytic Acid