title: Splenic cyst carcinoma presenting in pregnancy.
abstract: A case report of squamous cell carcinoma in an epidermoid cyst of the spleen is diagnosed in a pregnant female. Elaboration on the clinical, radiological, and pathological findings is presented to emphasize the distinguishing features of benign and malignant cysts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Medicine, Grace Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Elit
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aylward
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography