title: [Cystic lymphangioma of the spleen (author's transl)].
abstract: The spleen is the least common intra-abdominal site for the development of cystic disease. A lymphoangioma of the spleen was first reported in 1885 by Fink; since that time 47 cases of lymphoangioma or lymphoangectasia have been reported. This report concern a case of cystic lymphoangioma of the spleen consisting of a large splenic cyst with associated multiple small subcapsular cysts and lymphangectasia. The diagnosis and treatment of splenic cysts are discussed and a new classification of splenic cysts is proposed.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013156:Splenectomy; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Linfoangioma cistico della milza.