HISTOLOGICALLY NON-MALIGNANT METASTASIZING HEMANGIOMA, WITH REPORT OF A CASE
Authors: Maurice James Abrams
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1939)

Case Reports1 November 1939HISTOLOGICALLY NON-MALIGNANT METASTASIZING HEMANGIOMA, WITH REPORT OF A CASEMAURICE JAMES ABRAMS, M.D.MAURICE JAMES ABRAMS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-5-883 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe rarity of this condition might not alone be sufficient reason for reporting a case, were its interest not heightened by the unusual and misleading diagnostic problem presented.CASE REPORTThe patient was a white man, 35 years old, who was admitted to the Medical Service of the University Hospital on January 19, 1932. The circumstances prompting his admission will be described later.His father died of tabes at 49 years; his mother was living and outwardly well at 60 years of age, though her Wassermann reaction was four plus. Her first two children were stillborn and the patient was...Bibliography1. ALBRECHT H: Ueber das Cavernom der Milz. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis von Bau und Entstehung der Cavernome, Ztschr. f. Heilk., 1902, xxiii, 97. Google Scholar2. ANZILOTTI G: Sugli angiomi multipli della milza, Tumori, Roma, 1913-14, iii, 261. Google Scholar3. BENCKENDORFF EV: Untersuchungen eines Angiomes der Milz, Virchow's Arch. f. path. Anat., 1908, cxciv, 500. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. BORRMANN R: Zum Wachsthum und zur Nomenclatur der Blutgefässgeschwülste, Virchow's Arch. f. path. Anat., 1899, clvii, 297. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. HOMANS J: Report of a case of cavernous angioma of the spleen, Ann. Surg., 1897, xxv, 732. Google Scholar6. LANGHANS T: Casuistische Beiträge zur Lehre von den Gefässgeschwülsten, Virchow's Arch. f. path. Anat., 1879, lxxv, 273. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. THEILE : Über Angiome und sarkomatöse Angiome der Milz, 1904, clxxviii, 296. Google Scholar8. DOWD CN: Cavernous angioma of the spleen, Ann. Surg., 1915, lxii, 177. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. SYMMERS D: Telangiectatic splenomegaly, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1921, lxxvii, 2019. Google Scholar10. WRIGHT AW: Primary malignant hemangioma of the spleen with multiple liver metastases, Am. Jr. Path., 1928, iv, 507. Google Scholar11. KELLERT E: Diffuse hemangioma of the spleen, Am. Jr. Cancer, 1932, xvi, 412. Google Scholar12. SHENNAN T: Histologically non-malignant angioma, with numerous metastases, Jr. Path. and Bact., 1914-15, xix, 139. Google Scholar13. STEINER WR: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, Nelson Loose Leaf Medicine, Volume IV (Diseases of blood, circulatory system, kidney), 162A. Google Scholar14. WOLLSTEIN M: Malignant hemangioma of the lung with multiple visceral foci. Report of a case, Arch. Path., 1931, xii, 562. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Brewton, Alabama*Received for publication April 11, 1938.From the Medical Service of the University Hospital, University of Maryland Medical School. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHemangiosarcoma of spleen with spontaneous ruptureSystemic cystic angiomatosis 1 November 1939Volume 13, Issue 5Page: 883-895KeywordsChildrenMedical services ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1939 PDF downloadLoading ...