title: [US-guided percutaneous drainage of an infected epidermoid cyst of the spleen in a child].
abstract: Epidermoid cyst of the spleen is a rare entity (2.5% of all splenic cysts) and rarely becomes complicated by hemorrhage, rupture or infection. Classically, management consisted of total or partial splenectomy. We report the case of an 8-year-old boy presenting with a splenic abscess complicating an epidermoid cyst. Percutaneous drainage of the abscess was performed under sonographic guidance and completed by intravenous antibiotic therapy. Six weeks later, laparoscopic surgery was performed and the splenic parenchyma could be preserved.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Rouen, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blondel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Liard
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bachy
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Dacher
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional
vernacular_title: Drainage percutané sous échoguidage d'un kyste épidermoïde infecté de la rate chez un enfant.