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SPLENIC ANGIOMATOID NODULAR TRANSFORMATION IN A CHILD WITH INCREASED ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE |
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| Authors: | Ayca Kuybulu Tansu Sipahi Ibrahim Topal Aysegül Uner |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Pediatrics, Süleyman Demirel University Faculty of Medicine, Isparta, Turkey;2. Department of Pediatric Hematology, Süleyman Demirel University Faculty of Medicine, Isparta, Turkey;3. Department of Pediatrics, Er-Pa Saglik Hospital, Denizli, Turkey;4. Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey |
| Abstract: | An 11-year-old girl was referred to the authors’ hospital with a complaint of growth retardation. Physical examination revealed splenomegaly. Laboratory examination revealed increased sedimentation rate. Her imaging studies showed a splenic mass. Splenectomy was performed and histopathological examination revealed sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation (SANT) of the spleen. The disease rarely affects children but it could cause growth retardation and increased sedimentation rate, mimicking the chronic inflammatory diseases. |
| Keywords: | erythrocyte sedimentation rate sclerosing angiomatoid tumor spleen |