creators_name: Vijay Shankar, S
creators_name: Usha, R
creators_id: vijayshankarpatho@gmail.com
editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas
editors_id: Kakkilaya BS
type: journale
datestamp: 2010-09-13 03:52:38
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:43
metadata_visibility: show
title: Epidermoid Cyst of Spleen
ispublished: pub
subjects: OJHAS
full_text_status: public
keywords: Epidermoid cyst, Spleen
abstract: Splenic cysts are very rare lesions, most of them being parasitic systs. Nonparasitic cysts are uncommon. We report a case of young female who presented with mass and pain abdomen. Ultrasound examination revealed splenic syst. The diagnosis of epidermoid cyst was made based on characteristic lining on histopathological examination
date: 2010-07-30
date_type: published
publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
volume: 9
number: 1
publisher: Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Vijay Shankar, S and Usha, R  (2010) Epidermoid Cyst of Spleen.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/6999/1/2010-1-13.pdf