1978
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-197803000-00002
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Splenic Epidermoid Cysts

Abstract: Four patients with splenic masses were operated upon and found to have epidermoid cysts of the spleen, a rare lesion comprising less than 10% of benign, nonparasitic splenic cysts. The patients were young and had vague, non-specific symptoms which were related to the size of the slowly enlarging splenic mass. Three patients had palpable masses. Contrast gastrointestinal studies and intravenous urography will help exclude mass lesions of the gastrointestinal or genitourinary tract. Sonar scan may confirm the cy… Show more

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“…16 The differential diagnosis for these lesions includes parasite infections (which is the commonest), results of previous trauma or infarction, congenital forms, primary splenic neoplasm or cystic metastasis etc. Nonparasitic cysts of the spleen are relatively uncommon.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…16 The differential diagnosis for these lesions includes parasite infections (which is the commonest), results of previous trauma or infarction, congenital forms, primary splenic neoplasm or cystic metastasis etc. Nonparasitic cysts of the spleen are relatively uncommon.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Epidermoid cysts occur during the second to fourth decades of life as unilocular and solitary masses with disperse calcification in 10 % cases [7,8].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Didelių imčių klinikiniuose tyrimuose atlikus 42 327 autopsijas, buvo nustatytas tik 0,07 proc. vidutinis blužnies cistų dažnis [1,2]. Literatūroje minima keletas blužnies cistų klasifikacijų.…”
Section: įVadasunclassified
“…blužnies cistos, kurias paprastai sukelia cistinis echinokokas (Echinoccocus granulosus), o Vidurio Europoje ir Šiaurės Amerikoje neparazitinės cistos esti dažnesnės [2,7]. Remiantis epidemiologiniais duomenimis, didžiąją neparazitinių cistų dalį sudaro potrauminės pseudocistos [8].…”
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