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Splenic hamartoma is a benign, primary neoplasm which usually causes a mass in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen. If radionuclide studies show a space-occupying lesion in the spleen that appears solid on the ultrasonogram, and selective abdominal arteriography reveals a richly vascular splenic tumor, hamartoma of the spleen should be the preoperative diagnosis.
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Kuykendall, J.D., Shanser, J.D., Sumner, T.E. et al. Multimodal approach to diagnosis of hamartoma of the spleen. Pediatr Radiol 5, 239–241 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00972185
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