Case Report: Littoral Cell Angioma in a Patient with Rectal Carcinoma

Abstract

We present the case of the incidental finding of multifocal splenic nodular masses in a computed tomography scan performed in the context of the tumor follow-up after resection of a rectal carcinoma. The radiologic appearance suggested at first a hamartoma of the spleen, which showed to be growing over time. An elective splenectomy was performed after 4 years of watchful-waiting with regular radiologic controls (standard follow-up for the rectal cancer) and the histopathologic analysis revealed a littoral cell angioma.