title: [Epidermoid splenic cysts and partial splenectomy].
abstract: We communicate two cases of epidermoid splenic cyst of great size in four and six years old children, with pain in right hypochondrium in one of them, having been casual the discovery of the other one in ultrasound study of the abdomen. In both cases the abdominal ultrasound study was the most useful exploration for its diagnosis. The surgical treatment by means of partial splenectomy and conservation of more than a third of the organ it has been feasible in both patients, with a favorable evolution and without complications. The histopathologic study confirmed the discovery of epidermoid spleen cysts. Later on a clinical, analytic pursuit has been made and of these patients image with a very satisfactory evolution.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Quistes epidermoides de bazo y esplenectomía parcial.