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Splenic peliosis: a rare complication following liver transplantation
R Raghavan1, S Alley, O Tawfik
1Department of Pathology, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City 66160, USA.
Digestive Diseases and Sciences
|July 2, 1999
Abstract:
In this article, we report a rare case of isolated splenic peliosis in an individual who had recently undergone liver transplantation. The disorder had remained clinically and radiologically undiagnosed until he suffered a traumatic rupture of the affected organ. The relevant literature on this topic is briefly reviewed.