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REPORT OF A CASE AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

LEWIS E. SCHOTTENFELD, M.D., CM.; WILLIAM L. WOLFSON, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1937;35(5):867-877.

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Hemangioma of the spleen is rare. This is manifested by the paucity of the literature on the subject and by the fact that Lubarsch reported only three angiomas of the spleen in 19,000 autopsies. The records of the Jewish Hospital yielded data on five cases of cavernous hemangioma of the spleen. The case on which this report is based was one in which a large hemangioma was removed surgically, while in the other four small hemangiomas were discovered at necropsy which had given no symptoms during life. This gives an incidence of 0.14 per cent in 2,800 autopsies.

As a preliminary statement, it might be said that in the past much confusion has existed in the use of the terms angioma and endothelioma and of combinations of these. For the purpose of this paper angioma and endothelioma are employed to denote benignancy.

Hoge¹ in 1895 discussed the pathologic structure . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BROOKLYN

From the Surgical Service and Department of Pathology, Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn.

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