| Title | Splenic cyst in a wandering spleen: laparoscopic treatment with preservation of splenic function. | | Author(s) | Falchetti D, Torri F, Dughi S, Porto C, Manciana A, Boroni G, Ekema G | | Institution | Department of Pediatric Surgery, Spedali Civili, 25100 Brescia, Italy. | | Source | J Pediatr Surg 2007 Aug; 42(8):1457-9. | | MeSH | Adolescent
Cysts
Female
Humans
Laparoscopy
Splenic Diseases
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
| | Abstract | BACKGROUND: Wandering spleen and splenic cyst are rare benign congenital conditions that can both cause severe complications related to torsion or trauma.
CASE REPORT: A 14-year-old girl presented a mobile 10-cm-long abdominal mass in the left lower quadrant associated with mild abdominal pain. The diagnosis of an 8-cm-long nonparasitic cyst in a wandering spleen was confirmed by computerized tomography and negative serum indirect hemagglutination titer for hydatid disease. Laparoscopic unroofing of the cyst and splenopexy in a vycril mesh was performed.
RESULTS: No problems were encountered during laparoscopic surgery. Postoperative course was uneventful, and at a 1-year follow-up, the spleen is viable and maintains a normal position in the phrenorenal angle.
CONCLUSIONS: In the child, treatment of wandering spleen associated with a cyst should aim at the prevention of vascular accidents and at conservation of the spleen. We achieved these goals with unroofing and splenopexy through laparoscopic surgery. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Case Reports
Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 17706517 |
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