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Splenic cysts, many questions are yet to be answered: a case report
We present two patients with splenic cysts. The first is a female 29-years-old who presented with upper abdominal discomfort of one-year duration. Imaging revealed a huge splenic cyst. Splenectomy was undertaken. Pathological examination revealed a lymphatic cyst. The second was an 18-years-old fema...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740232/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19830078 http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-8474 |
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description | We present two patients with splenic cysts. The first is a female 29-years-old who presented with upper abdominal discomfort of one-year duration. Imaging revealed a huge splenic cyst. Splenectomy was undertaken. Pathological examination revealed a lymphatic cyst. The second was an 18-years-old female who presented to the emergency department with a ruptured splenic cyst. Splenectomy was undertaken, it proved to be a simple cyst. |
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spelling | pubmed-27402322009-10-14 Splenic cysts, many questions are yet to be answered: a case report Amr, Abu-Ella Cases J Case report We present two patients with splenic cysts. The first is a female 29-years-old who presented with upper abdominal discomfort of one-year duration. Imaging revealed a huge splenic cyst. Splenectomy was undertaken. Pathological examination revealed a lymphatic cyst. The second was an 18-years-old female who presented to the emergency department with a ruptured splenic cyst. Splenectomy was undertaken, it proved to be a simple cyst. Cases Network Ltd 2009-07-10 /pmc/articles/PMC2740232/ /pubmed/19830078 http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-8474 Text en © 2009 Amr; licensee Cases Network Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case report Amr, Abu-Ella Splenic cysts, many questions are yet to be answered: a case report |
title | Splenic cysts, many questions are yet to be answered: a case report |
title_full | Splenic cysts, many questions are yet to be answered: a case report |
title_fullStr | Splenic cysts, many questions are yet to be answered: a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Splenic cysts, many questions are yet to be answered: a case report |
title_short | Splenic cysts, many questions are yet to be answered: a case report |
title_sort | splenic cysts, many questions are yet to be answered: a case report |
topic | Case report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740232/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19830078 http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-8474 |
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