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World J Gastrointest Surg. Dec 27, 2014; 6(12): 248-252
Published online Dec 27, 2014. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v6.i12.248
Published online Dec 27, 2014. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v6.i12.248
Inflammatory pseudotumour of the spleen associated with splenic tuberculosis
Maria Isabel Prieto-Nieto, Juan Pedro Pérez-Robledo, Beatriz Díaz-San Andrés, José Antonio Rodríguez-Montes, Department of General and Digestive Surgery, La Paz University Hospital, Paseo de la Castellana, 28046 Madrid, Spain
Manuel Nistal, Department of Pathology, La Paz University Hospital, Paseo de la Castellana, 28046 Madrid, Spain
Author contributions: All authors contributed to the work.
Correspondence to: Maria Isabel Prieto-Nieto, MD, PhD, FACS, Department of General and Digestive Surgery, La Paz University Hospital, Paseo de la Castellana, 261, 28046 Madrid, Spain. iprieto@intermic.com
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Received: March 29, 2014
Revised: May 18, 2014
Accepted: October 28, 2014
Published online: December 27, 2014
Revised: May 18, 2014
Accepted: October 28, 2014
Published online: December 27, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: A rare benign; lesion inflammatory pseudotumours (IPT) are infrequently found in the spleen with only sporadic case reports and short case series reported in the literature. Here we report a case of a spleen IPT associated with splenic tuberculous lymphadenitis in a 50-year-old female patient who was preoperatively diagnosed with a malignant spleen neoplasm.