[A case of pseudocyst of the spleen]

The authors report a case of pseudocyst of the spleen in a five years old girls whose only complaint was a slight pain in the left upper quadrant. A palpable globular mass was confirmed to be a splenic cyst by instrumental procedures regarded as the first ones to employ in such cases, ultrasonography and CT scan. The diagnosis of pseudocyst was possible only after the surgical spleen removal when the absence of an epithelial lining was histologically found. A short excurses on splenic cysts, from etiology to therapy, follows. Moreover the after splenectomy management of paediatric patients is discussed.