title: Complicated congenital splenic cyst: saved by a splenunculus.
abstract: A 12-year-old girl presented with a large congenital splenic cyst complicated by Salmonella organisms. After failure of conservative management and percutaneous drainage, a splenectomy was performed. An incidental splenunculus was preserved. On follow up the splenunculus had increased to normal splenic size and there was no evidence of Howell-Jolly bodies, suggesting normal splenic function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital Oxford, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Karia
authors.forename: Kokila
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lakhoo
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003560:Cysts / Q000151:congenital / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D007813:Laparotomy; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D012477:Salmonella enteritidis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013156:Splenectomy; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents