Nonparasitic Splenic Cysts
| Autor: | P. Lohela, A. B. T. Typpö, M. J. Alavaikko, S. Lähde, M. Päivänsalo, T. Siniluoto, I. Suramo |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Asymptomatic 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Calcinosis Aspiration biopsy Delayed surgery medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Cyst Surgical treatment Radiological and Ultrasound Technology business.industry Ultrasound Echogenicity Retrospective cohort study General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery Abdominal trauma 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Clinical value Radiology Splenic disease medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Acta Radiologica. 35:447-451 |
| ISSN: | 1600-0455 0284-1851 |
| Popis: | Sixty-three patients with splenic cysts, multiple in 7 cases, were reviewed. Only 3 patients had a history of previous abdominal trauma. The cysts ranged in size from less than 1 cm to 15 cm. They were anechoic in 40 patients, hypoechoic in 16, isoechoic in 4, mixed in one, and in 2 cases the echogenicity could not be assessed due to thick marginal calcifications. The echogenic cysts were larger than the anechoic ones and frequently calcified, and the findings at surgery, fine-needle aspiration biopsy and follow-up suggested the echogenicity to be related to a fresh or previous episode of intracystic hemorrhage. Initially, surgical treatment was undertaken on 10 patients, electively in 9 cases and due to cyst rupture in one. At follow-up (n = 37), the size of the cyst had increased markedly over several years in only 2 patients, necessitating delayed surgery in one. Routine follow-up of asymptomatic splenic cysts was of no clinical value. |
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