A CASE REPORT ON SPLENIC HEMANGIOMATOSIS

The most common primary tumours of the spleen are benign and originate from the vascular endothelium. Haemangioma is the most common primary benign neoplasm of spleen and usually represents as a small ,localized tumour. Cavernous haemangioma is a rare disorder of the spleen with fewer than 100 cases reported in literature This condition may occur together with haemangiomatosis of the liver or it may occur as a manifestation of systemic angiomatosis, or less commonly, is confined to the spleen. We present a patient with moderate splenomegaly caused by splenic haemangiomatosis. The patient had no clinical disorders resulting from the splenic vascular tumour.