What Is a Spleen Hemangioma?

Splenic hemangioma is the most common type of benign tumor of the spleen, and the patient has no symptoms. Sometimes it manifests as pain or painless mass in the left upper abdomen. Often when hemangiomas of the liver are found during physical examination or ultrasound of the abdomen, splenic hemangiomas are occasionally found. Splenic hemangiomas can be isolated or multiple onset, the latter often being part of systemic hemangiomatosis. The pathological types of hemangioma can be divided into cavernous hemangioma, capillary hemangioma, mixed hemangio-hemangioma, lining cell hemangioma, multinodular hemangioma, venous hemangioma, benign (infant) hemangioendothelioma and Diffuse sinusoidal hemangioma (the entire spleen is filled with blood vessels). Splenic hemangiomas are most common in cavernous hemangioma. It was found that splenic hemangiomas mainly depend on imaging examinations such as B-mode ultrasound, CT and MRI.