Maja Milickovic, Petar Rasic, Sofija Cvejic, Dejana Bozic, Djordje Savic, Tanja Mijovic, Sava Cvetinovic, Slavisa M Djuricic
Splenic hamartomas (SHs) are uncommon, benign vascular lesions of unclear etiology and are mostly found incidentally on abdominal images, at surgery, or at autopsy. Since the first case description, in 1861, less than 50 pediatric SH cases have been reported in the literature. In this article, we have performed an analysis of all SH cases in children published in the literature to date and presented our case of an 8-year-old male with SH. These lesions in children were shown to cause symptoms more often than in the adult population...
April 16, 2024: World Journal of Clinical Cases