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  • Title: Ruptured mesothelial cyst of the spleen causing acute peritonitis.
    Author: Vanhemelen G, Sebrechts R, Storms P.
    Journal: Acta Chir Belg; 1994; 94(4):210-1. PubMed ID: 8053292.
    Abstract:
    Congenital splenic cysts are rare (only 40% of all true cysts). A case report is presented of a young male adolescent patient with a ruptured mesothelial splenic cyst causing acute peritonitis. Abdominal ultrasound and CT-scan are very useful tools to obtain the preoperative diagnosis. Spleen saving resections, if possible, are preferred to splenectomy because of the risk of severe post-splenectomy sepsis.
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