Laparoscopic Management of a Ruptured Giant Epidermoid Splenic Cyst

BACKGROUND: Epidermoid splenic cysts are uncommon lesions of the spleen. They are known to become symptomatic as a consequence of enlargement, infection, or rupture, the latter being an exceedingly rare complication traditionally treated with open splenectomy. We herein report a unique case of a gia...

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Autores principales: Kiriakopoulos, Andreas, Tsakayannis, Dimitrios, Papadopoulos, Savas, Linos, Dimitrios
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 2005
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3015597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16121886
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author Kiriakopoulos, Andreas
Tsakayannis, Dimitrios
Papadopoulos, Savas
Linos, Dimitrios
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Tsakayannis, Dimitrios
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Linos, Dimitrios
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description BACKGROUND: Epidermoid splenic cysts are uncommon lesions of the spleen. They are known to become symptomatic as a consequence of enlargement, infection, or rupture, the latter being an exceedingly rare complication traditionally treated with open splenectomy. We herein report a unique case of a giant epidermoid splenic cyst that ruptured spontaneously and was successfully treated with the laparoscopic approach. CONCLUSION: Laparoscopic surgery may be considered an initial treatment option in cases of very large epidermoid cysts even when rupture occurs.
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spelling pubmed-30155972011-02-17 Laparoscopic Management of a Ruptured Giant Epidermoid Splenic Cyst Kiriakopoulos, Andreas Tsakayannis, Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Savas Linos, Dimitrios JSLS Case Reports BACKGROUND: Epidermoid splenic cysts are uncommon lesions of the spleen. They are known to become symptomatic as a consequence of enlargement, infection, or rupture, the latter being an exceedingly rare complication traditionally treated with open splenectomy. We herein report a unique case of a giant epidermoid splenic cyst that ruptured spontaneously and was successfully treated with the laparoscopic approach. CONCLUSION: Laparoscopic surgery may be considered an initial treatment option in cases of very large epidermoid cysts even when rupture occurs. Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 2005 /pmc/articles/PMC3015597/ /pubmed/16121886 Text en © 2005 by JSLS, Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/), which permits for noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not altered in any way.
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Tsakayannis, Dimitrios
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Laparoscopic Management of a Ruptured Giant Epidermoid Splenic Cyst
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title_full Laparoscopic Management of a Ruptured Giant Epidermoid Splenic Cyst
title_fullStr Laparoscopic Management of a Ruptured Giant Epidermoid Splenic Cyst
title_full_unstemmed Laparoscopic Management of a Ruptured Giant Epidermoid Splenic Cyst
title_short Laparoscopic Management of a Ruptured Giant Epidermoid Splenic Cyst
title_sort laparoscopic management of a ruptured giant epidermoid splenic cyst
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3015597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16121886
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