1 Sep 2000Case Report
LYNPHANGIOMATOSIS OF THE SPLEEN. A CASE REPORT
C. Talarico 1V. Cerasoli 1B. Mancini 1G. Mulieri 1F. D’Alena 2L. Montemurro 1F. Verna 1
Affiliations
Article Info
1 Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, II Clinica Chirurgica, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”
2 Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Patologia, Istituto di Anatomia Patologica Policlinico Umberto I
Ann. Ital. Chir., 2000, 71(5), 599-602;
Published: 1 Sep 2000
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Abstract
Lynphangiomatosis confined to the spleen is a very are condition. The authors in this article describes one new case and briefly reviews the literature. In this case, after the exclusion of an hydatidosis of the spleen, a total splenectomy was performed. The histologic findings confirmed the lynphangiomatosis of the spleen. The authors enfatize the surgical strategy in splenic lynphangiomatosis, infact the total splenectomy is mandatory, because the splenic parenchyma is nearly completely substitute by the cysts. For this reason is preferably, before surgery, to perform the antibatteric profylaxis against the OPSI.
Keywords
- Splenic cysts
- lynphangiomatosis
- splenectomy