Giant pseudocyst of spleen
Published: February 1, 2012 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2012/.1850
D’Souza C, Rajashekar, Bhagavan K R
1. Assistant Professor
2. Professor
3. Professor
K.S. Hegde Medical college, Derallakatte, Mangalore,
Karnataka, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Caren D’Souza
Assistant Professor , Department Of General Surgery
K S Hegde Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka.
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False cysts of spleen or the pseudocysts accounts for about 75% of the non-parasitic splenic cysts and are usually traumatic in origin. These cysts are differentiated from the true cysts of the spleen by a absence of a epithelial layer on histology. We present here a case of a giant splenic pseudocyst in a young female with no previous history of trauma.
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