title: Traumatic splenic cyst: radiologic-pathologic correlation from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.
abstract: Traumatic splenic cyst is one of many diagnostic choices when a mass is found in the left upper quadrant. In the appropriate clinical setting, demonstration of an intrasplenic, unilocular, avascular, homogeneous, fluid-filled mass with a smooth, sharply marginated wall should suggest a splenic cyst. On pathological examination, an epithelial lining implies a developmental origin. More commonly, no such lining is found and old trauma is assumed to be the etiology.
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications