title: [Nonparasitic true cysts of the spleen].
abstract: Nonparasitic true cysts of the spleen are rare, but not so rare as it has been thought. Thanks to the new imaging techniques, first of all ultrasonography, they are discovered easily and quickly. Usually, there is only one cyst. Rarely, the patient may have the polycystic liver and the kidney, and the pancreatic disease. We present four patients with nonparasitic true cysts of the spleen. There were three women and one man, 37-years-average age (range from 31 to 45 years). Three patients had solitary splenic cysts. In one patient a large dominant cyst and many small cysts up to 0.5 cm in diameter were found. All patients suffered from left subcostal pain. The size of cysts varied from 6 to 8.5 cm in diameter (average size of 7 cm). All patients were treated surgically by splenectomy, without complications or mortality. Histological findings revealed lyphangiomatic cysts in three patients and epidermoid cyst in one subject. All patients are symptom-free so far.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Colović
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Savić
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sagić
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Neparazitne prave ciste slezine.