title: Giant epithelial splenic cyst.
abstract: Splenic cysts are unusual in daily surgical practice and less than 1000 cases have been reported. Primary, true or epithelial splenic cysts, are even rarer. Usually, most of the cysts are asymptomatic until of significant size, at which time they are then detected incidentally on ultrasonography or CT scan. We report a case of a 25-year-old woman with giant epithelial splenic cyst with about 3000 ml of clear-yellow fluid was collected from the cyst. The splenectomy specimen measured 205 mm × 192 mm × 137 mm and weighed 4000 g.
authors: Department of Gastrointestinal & Pancreatic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China. majinp@gmail.com
authors: Jin-ping
authors: JP
authors: Ma
authors: Shi-rong
authors: SR
authors: Cai
authors: Kai-ming
authors: KM
authors: Wu
authors: Bing
authors: B
authors: Liao
authors: Wen-hua
authors: WH
authors: Zhan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013156:Splenectomy; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography