title: Conservative management in three cases of prenatally recognized splenic cyst using 2D, 3D, multi-slice and Doppler ultrasonography.
abstract: The aetiology, differential diagnosis and management strategies of the foetal spleen affected with a cystic lesion are discussed. In the current literature, there are very few reports that relate to antenatally diagnosed splenic cyst. Our study presents 3 case reports that were first suspected due to anisoechogenic structures detected during routine ultrasonographic examination at the 27th, 31st and 34th weeks of gestation. All 3 cases were further characterized by the lack of pathological power Doppler findings inside and around the lesions, and were morphologically refined by prenatal 3D ultrasound imaging. All findings were reconfirmed postnatally. No complications such as cyst expansion, subcapsular bleeding or acute abdomen have developed, and all 3 cystic lesions have regressed spontaneously after birth.
authors.affiliation: P.J. Safarik University, Kosice, Slovakia. dankovcik@mail.pvt.sk
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dankovcik
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Urdzik
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lazar
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gresova
authors.forename: Jozef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Radonak
authors.forename: Jan E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Jirasek
authors.forename: Eduard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kucera
authors.forename: Jaroslav
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Feyereisl
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dudas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*