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Primary splenic angiosarcoma in a 2.5-year-old boy with hepatic metastasis

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Primary splenic angiosarcoma in children is extremely rare and has a very poor prognosis. We reported a 2.5-year-old boy who had this rare entity and hepatic metastasis. The patient presented with left upper quadrant abdominal mass and anemia. The patient received multidisciplinary treatment and died 32 months after splenectomy.

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    Guangjie Chen, Minju Li, Dehua Wu, Hongfeng Tang & Daxing Tang

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Chen, G., Li, M., Wu, D. et al. Primary splenic angiosarcoma in a 2.5-year-old boy with hepatic metastasis. Pediatr Surg Int 28, 1147–1150 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-012-3164-9

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