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Conservative surgery for benign non-parasitic splenic cysts

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Benign, non-parasitic splenic cysts are an uncommon cause of splenomegaly in children. Potentially they may enlarge, causing pain, rupture, or haemorrhage, or become infected. Traditional management has been total splenectomy. We report two cases of true epithelial-lined splenic cysts successfully treated by partial splenectomy using an oxidised cellulose gauze ‘sandwich’ technique.

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  1. Department of Paediatric Surgery, Women's and Children's Hospital, 72 King William Road, 5006, North Adelaide, SA, Australia

    A. J. A. Holland & W. D. A. Ford

  2. Department of Histopathology, Women's and Children's Hospital, 72 King William Road, 5006, North Adelaide, SA, Australia

    A. J. Bourne

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Holland, A.J.A., Ford, W.D.A. & Bourne, A.J. Conservative surgery for benign non-parasitic splenic cysts. Pediatr Surg Int 12, 353–355 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01076937

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