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Preoperative PET-CT scan revealed multiple nodules in the spleen and a hepatic lesion with high metabolic activity.
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Moreover slightly PET-positive but not enlarged lymph nodes in the left axilla were detected (Figure 1).
Macroscopically a multinodular infiltration of the spleen was seen.
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Intermingled between the tumor cells there was an inflammatory infiltrate of small lymphocytes (Figures 2 and 3).
Histological analysis showed a multinodular infiltration throughout the spleen by atypical mesenchymal neoplasia.
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Intermingled between the tumor cells there was an inflammatory infiltrate of small lymphocytes (Figures 2 and 3).