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SUBMITTER: Al Khafaji B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5570058 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Al Khafaji Basim B Younis Muhammad Umar MU
Journal of surgical case reports 20170801 8
Cystic lesions of the spleen are a rare encounter in surgical practice and are broadly split into two categories: true and false, depending upon the presence of a defined epithelial lining. True cysts can further be broken down into parasitic and non-parasitic origins while false or pseudocysts tend to develop commonly after a traumatic event. We present here a 23-year-old female who came to the clinic with symptoms of abdominal fullness, early satiety and left flank pain which was diagnosed as ...[more]