creators_name: Challa, VR creators_name: Swamyvelu, K creators_name: Goud, GY creators_name: Rangappa, P creators_id: vasureddyc@gmail.com editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas editors_id: Kakkilaya BS type: journale datestamp: 2013-05-04 23:08:50 lastmod: 2013-05-04 23:08:50 metadata_visibility: show title: Massive Splenic Pseudocysts : Report of 2 cases ispublished: pub subjects: OJHAS full_text_status: public keywords: Splenic pseudocysts; Splenic cysts; Splenectomy. abstract: Splenic cysts can be classified as parasitic and nonparasitic. Non parasitic cysts can be further divided into true and pseudocysts. Pseudocysts of spleen does not contain an epithelial lining. Pseudocysts of spleen are usually post traumatic and they rarely grow to a large size and most of them are asymptomatic. It can be confused with cystic lesions of spleen or pancreas or from the surrounding structures. These cases require exploration and is both diagnostic and therapeutic. Conservative measures to preserve spleen can be considered only in presence of expertise and if remnant functional splenic parenchyma is more than 25 %. Here we present two cases of giant pseudocysts who were confused with malignancy and referred to our centre and were later found to be pseudocysts of spleen. We would like to report these cases as they are rare and as diagnostic dilemmas. date: 2012-10-25 date_type: published publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences volume: 11 number: 3(13) publisher: Kakkilaya BS refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1. Fowler RH: Non parasitic benign cysts tumor of the spleen. Int Abst Surg 1953;96:209-227. 2. Labruzzo C, Haritopoulos KN, El Tayar AR, Hakim NS. Posttraumatic cysts of the spleen : A case report. Int Surg 2002;87:152-154. 3. Urrutia M, Mergo PJ, Ros LH, Torres GM, Ros PR. Cystic masses of the spleen: Radiologic-Pathologic correlation. Radiographics 1996;16(1):107-29. 4. Patcher HL, Hofstetter SR, Elkowitz A, Harris L, Liang HG. Traumatic cysts of the spleen. The role of cystectomy and splenic preservation: Experience with seven consecutive patients. J Trauma 1993;35:430–436. 5. Jamshidi M, Chang E, Smaroff G, Mehta J, Ghani A. Laparoscopic fenestration and modified marsupalization of posttraumatic splenic cysts using a harmonic scalpel. Surg Endosc 2001;15(7):758. citation: Challa, VR and Swamyvelu, K and Goud, GY and Rangappa, P (2012) Massive Splenic Pseudocysts : Report of 2 cases. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/8923/1/2012-3-13.pdf