Giant epithelial cyst of the accessory spleen |
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Authors: | Masaki Mori Taro Ishii Toru Iida Fumihiko Tanaka Hajime Takikawa Kota Okinaga |
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Affiliation: | 1.Department of Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8605, Japan,JP;2.Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan,JP;3.Department of Pathology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan,JP |
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Abstract: | Splenic cysts are uncommon, and cysts derived from the accessory spleen are rare. We report a case of a huge splenic cyst derived from the accessory spleen in the omentum, concomitant with multiple epithelial cysts of the primary spleen. Both serum and cystic fluid concentrations of carbohydrate antigen (CA)19-9 were markedly elevated. A huge monolocular cyst occupied the entire abdomen. A total of 7?l of aspirated cystic fluid was turbid and yellowish-brown. The cyst wall, which consisted of CA19-9-positive squamous epithelium, contained approximately 2 × 3 × 1?cm of splenic tissue. There was a separate multicystic 16 × 8-cm spleen in the normal position. The CA19-9 serum level returned to normal postoperatively. |
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Keywords: | splenic cyst accessory spleen CA19‐9 |
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