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Concurrent splenic lymphangiomatosis and Proteus syndrome
Reja S Emran1, Ihab M Anwar, Michel Trudel
1Department of Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, PO Box 90918, Riyadh 11623, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tel. +966 502072072.
Saudi Medical Journal
|September 18, 2013
Abstract:
A 37-year-old female presented with Proteus syndrome and was found to have an asymptomatic enlarged spleen. Pathology confirmed splenic lymphangiomatosis. We describe an association of these 2 disorders in the Middle Eastern population. Diagnosis and pathogenesis are discussed in this case report.
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