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Case Report

Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Spleen

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Peninsula Health, Frankston Hospital, Frankston, VIC 3199, Australia
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Centre of Blood Cell Therapies, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Locked Bag 1, A’Beckett St, VIC 8006, Australia
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Hematol. Rep. 2015, 7(2), 5905; https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2015.5905
Submission received: 15 March 2015 / Revised: 4 May 2015 / Accepted: 5 May 2015 / Published: 8 June 2015

Abstract

Isolated splenic inflammatory pseudotumors (IPT) are extremely rare, typically benign, inflammatory lesions with varied clinical presentations that pose a diagnostic challenge to clinicians due to their similarity in appearance to neoplasms. We present the case of a young woman diagnosed with a splenic IPT following investigation for persistent anemia, raised inflammatory markers, and polyclonal hyper-gammaglobulinemia, whose symptoms resolved completely following splenectomy. This case highlights the need to consider this diagnosis when evaluating patients with a splenic mass of unknown etiology.
Keywords: splenic tumor; inflammatory pseudotumor; polyclonal gammopathy; benign splenic lesion; hypergammaglobulinemia splenic tumor; inflammatory pseudotumor; polyclonal gammopathy; benign splenic lesion; hypergammaglobulinemia

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McMahon, G.; Rady, K.; Prince, H.M. Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Spleen. Hematol. Rep. 2015, 7, 5905. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2015.5905

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McMahon G, Rady K, Prince HM. Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Spleen. Hematology Reports. 2015; 7(2):5905. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2015.5905

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McMahon, Georgia, Kirsty Rady, and Henry Miles Prince. 2015. "Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Spleen" Hematology Reports 7, no. 2: 5905. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2015.5905

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