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Primary splenic angiosarcoma in a 2.5-year-old boy with hepatic metastasis
Guangjie Chen1, Minju Li, Dehua Wu
1Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 57 Zhugan Lane, Hangzhou, 310003, China.
Pediatric Surgery International
|August 28, 2012
Abstract:
Primary splenic angiosarcoma in children is extremely rare and has a very poor prognosis. We reported a 2.5-year-old boy who had this rare entity and hepatic metastasis. The patient presented with left upper quadrant abdominal mass and anemia. The patient received multidisciplinary treatment and died 32 months after splenectomy.