Epidermoid splenic cyst occurring in an intrapancreatic accessory spleen.
This case describes a 40-year-old man with abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting, who was found to have a cystic lesion in the tail of the pancreas. Distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy revealed a primary epidermoid cyst of the spleen lying in the substance of the tail of the pancreas. This represents the only report of a splenic cyst in an ectopic spleen that could be found in a search of the world literature.
D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000175:diagnosis; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*