splenoma

[sple-no´mah]

a splenic tumor.

sple·no·ma

(splē-nō'mă),

General nonspecific term for an enlarged spleen.

[spleno- + G. -oma, tumor]

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sple·no·ma

(splē-nō'mă)

General nonspecific term for an enlarged spleen.
Synonym(s): splenocele (1) .

[spleno- + G. -oma, tumor]

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(6) Splenic hamartoma or splenoma is a well-circumscribed red pulp-only lesion that consists of anastomosing sinusoidal channels containing irregular lumina and cystlike spaces.

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(6) Hamartoma or splenoma is a term proposed for lesions of the spleen composed exclusively of red pulp elements without white pulp and with scant fibrosis.

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(2) Since the first report in 1861 by Rokitansky, (3) splenic hamartomas have also been called splenomas, spleen within a spleen, hemangiomas, posttraumatic scars, fibrotic nodules, tumorlike congenital malformations, and hyperplastic nodules.