Abstrakt: |
The authors report three cases of epidermoid splenic cysts successfully treated by laparoscopic partial splenectomy: a 7-year-old girl, with a 4.5 cm lower pole squamous cell cyst; a 13-year-old boy, type 1 diabetic on insulin therapy, with a 7 cm upper splenic cyst of the upper spleen; and a 13-year-old girl, with a 6 cm upper epidermoid splenic cyst. All had a laparoscopic partial splenectomy. The operating times were 3h06, 4h08, and 4h05, respectively; the intraoperative blood loss was moderate, and the duration of hospitalization was 7, 7, and 12 days, respectively. No blood transfusions were required perioperatively. Only one patient suffered from persisting abdominal pain and emesis postoperatively. No recurrence occurred during follow-up. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |