Splenic Hamartoma -A Report of Two Cases-

Takahiko Misao, Izumi Eda, Masayasu Yamanaka, Hiroyuki Soga, Nobuyoshi Shimizu

Second Department of Surgery, Okayama University Medical School

Hamartoma of the spleen is a rare benign tumor. There have been 24 reported cases of this disease in Japan. We recently treated two patients with splenic hamartoma. The tumors were detected as hypoechoic and low-density masses by ultrasonography and computed tomography (CT). Dense enhancement was demonstrated by CT after enhancement in one case. The tumors were seen as areas of iso-low intensity on T1-weighted magnetic resonance images and of low intensity on T2-weighted images. Angiography revealed a hypervascular mass in the spleen in one case. Splenectomy was performed. The histological diagnosis was splenic hamartoma.

Key words
splenic tumor, splenic hamartoma

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Takahiko Misao Second Department of Surgery, Okayama University Medical School
2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama, 700 JAPAN

Accepted
December 7, 1994

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