title: Mesothelial splenic cyst.
abstract: A 29-year-old female was admitted because of thrombocytopenia and an abdominal mass which was palpated 5 finger breadths below the left costal margin. A computed tomographic scan of the abdomen revealed splenomegaly with a large calcified cystic lesion. The spleen was removed and the pathological examination disclosed that the cyst was monolocular and the wall was of mesothelial origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuwabara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hohjoh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ebihara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Toyama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed