http://www.appliedradiology.com RSS Feed on Applied Radiologyhttp://www.appliedradiology.com//Issues/2000/04/Articles/Primary-splenic-hemangiopericytoma.aspxA 47-year-old college professor with no significant past medical history developed the acute onset of pain in the left upper quadrant. He had no associated fever, nausea, vomiting, GI symptoms, or weight loss. Physical examination revealed mild tenderness to palpation in the left upper quadrant. Laboratory values showed mild anemia with a hemoglobin of 12.3 and a hematocrit of 35.8. The patient’s serum chemistries, liver function tests, and platelet levels were all within normal limits. An abdominal ultrasound and abdominal CT revealed a splenic mass (figures 1 and 2). A CT-guided needle biopsy of the splenic lesion was non-diagnostic and the patient underwent splenectomy.Tuesday, 19 Sep 2000 17:23:01 GMT