SEGMENTARY SPLENECTOMY OF THE LOWER TIP BECAUSE OF SPONTANEOUS RUPTURE OF A SPLENIC HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA IN A NEWBORN CHILD - A CASE-REPORT

We present the first exceptional case of splenic hemangioendothelioma, an infrequent and generally asymptomatic benign vascular tumor, here triggering hypovolemic shock through spontaneous rupture of the spleen without prior injury. Conservative treatment of the spleen led us to perform a segmentary splenectomy of the lower tip with total extirpati on of the vascular tumour and the acute splenic bleeding was controlle d. One year later, splenic functions are normal.