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Findings that shed new light on the possible pathogenesis of a disease or an adverse effect
CASE REPORT
Splenic myoid angioendothelioma mimicking metastatic disease in an 8-year-old with Stage IV Wilms’ tumour
  1. Adil A Shah1,2,
  2. Luca Dragos3,
  3. Timothy D Kane2,
  4. Mikael Petrosyan2
  1. 1Department of Surgery, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
  2. 2Department of General and Thoracic Pediatric Surgery, Children’s National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
  3. 3Department of Pathology, Children’s National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Mikael Petrosyan, mpetrosy{at}childrensnational.org

Summary

Myoid angioendothelioma are rare and benign vascular tumours of the spleen. Radiographic evaluation and diagnosis is often challenging and subjecting tissue samples to immuhistochemical analysis is often required to make a definitive diagnosis. Myoidangioendotheliomas can be managed with open or laparoscopic splenectomy with minimal risk of recurrent disease. Herein, we present a case of a myoid angioendothelioma in a patient with stage IV Wilms’ tumour.

  • paediatric surgery
  • surgical oncology
  • surgery

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-224550

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors AAS: chart review, data acquisition, analysis, literature review and manuscript writing. LD: chart review, review of pathology, literature review, feedback on pathological evaluation and critical review of manuscript. TDK and MP: chart review, patient management decision-making, literature review, manuscript writing and critical review and editing of manuscript.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Parental/guardian consent obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

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