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Ruptured mesothelial cyst of the spleen causing acute peritonitis
G Vanhemelen1, R Sebrechts, P Storms
1Department of Surgery, St-Elisabeth Hospital, Herentals, Belgium.
Acta Chirurgica Belgica
|July 1, 1994
Abstract:
Congenital splenic cysts are rare (only 40% of all true cysts). A case report is presented of a young male adolescent patient with a ruptured mesothelial splenic cyst causing acute peritonitis. Abdominal ultrasound and CT-scan are very useful tools to obtain the preoperative diagnosis. Spleen saving resections, if possible, are preferred to splenectomy because of the risk of severe post-splenectomy sepsis.