[Cystic lymphangioma of the spleen (author's transl)]

The spleen is the least common intra-abdominal site for the development of cystic disease. A lymphoangioma of the spleen was first reported in 1885 by Fink; since that time 47 cases of lymphoangioma or lymphoangectasia have been reported. This report concern a case of cystic lymphoangioma of the spleen consisting of a large splenic cyst with associated multiple small subcapsular cysts and lymphangectasia. The diagnosis and treatment of splenic cysts are discussed and a new classification of splenic cysts is proposed.