title: A traumatic splenic pseudocyst--historical review, diagnosis, and current mode of treatment.
abstract: A 30-year-old American Indian male with a history of chronic pancreatitis and prior blunt abdominal trauma was preoperatively diagnosed as having a splenic pseudocyst. The patient was successfully treated surgically with decapsulation of the pseudocyst instead of a splenectomy.
authors.affiliation: William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Texas.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Edmond
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Rochon
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: McPhail
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013154:Spleen / Q000293:injuries; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications