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Sonological Appearance of Epidermoid Cyst of the Spleen: A Rarity

Epidermoid cyst of the spleen is a rare, benign cystic lesion of congenital origin. Although most epidermoid cysts of the spleen are asymptomatic and detected incidentally on ultrasonography, the entity needs to be included in the differential diagnosis of cystic lesion mimics of the spleen, especia...

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Autor principal: Ravikanth, Reddy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9272723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35832358
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JMU.JMU_153_20
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description Epidermoid cyst of the spleen is a rare, benign cystic lesion of congenital origin. Although most epidermoid cysts of the spleen are asymptomatic and detected incidentally on ultrasonography, the entity needs to be included in the differential diagnosis of cystic lesion mimics of the spleen, especially in patients with left hypochondriac pain. This case report describes the typical sonological appearance of epidermoid cyst of the spleen in a 31-year-old male.
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spelling pubmed-92727232022-07-12 Sonological Appearance of Epidermoid Cyst of the Spleen: A Rarity Ravikanth, Reddy J Med Ultrasound Case Report Epidermoid cyst of the spleen is a rare, benign cystic lesion of congenital origin. Although most epidermoid cysts of the spleen are asymptomatic and detected incidentally on ultrasonography, the entity needs to be included in the differential diagnosis of cystic lesion mimics of the spleen, especially in patients with left hypochondriac pain. This case report describes the typical sonological appearance of epidermoid cyst of the spleen in a 31-year-old male. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-07-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9272723/ /pubmed/35832358 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JMU.JMU_153_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Journal of Medical Ultrasound https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_short Sonological Appearance of Epidermoid Cyst of the Spleen: A Rarity
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9272723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35832358
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