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Asymptomatic Multiple Splenic Cysts in a Pulmonary Neoplasm Patient
- Source :
- Journal of Nippon Medical School. 79:468-470
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Medical Association of Nippon Medical School, 2012.
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Abstract
- Splenic cysts are rare, and their treatment remains challenging. A 66-year-old man scheduled to undergo surgical treatment for a pulmonary neoplasm was found with abdominal computed tomography and ultrasonography to have multiple cysts in the body of the spleen. He underwent pulmonary wedge resection, and histological examination showed that the lesion of the left lung was an adenocarcinoma. The patient recovered without complications after the operation. Because the splenic cysts were small and caused no abdominal symptoms, the patient was advised to undergo careful follow-up. Large splenic cysts warrant surgical treatment, whereas careful follow-up is recommended for small asymptomatic splenic cysts.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Lung Neoplasms
Radiography
Spleen
Adenocarcinoma
Asymptomatic
Lesion
Pulmonary neoplasms
medicine
Humans
Aged
Splenic Diseases
Ultrasonography
Cysts
business.industry
General Medicine
medicine.disease
medicine.anatomical_structure
Radiology
medicine.symptom
Abdominal computed tomography
business
Follow-Up Studies
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Details
- ISSN :
- 13473409 and 13454676
- Volume :
- 79
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Nippon Medical School
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7f51fca588747d91bbf69f99c937366f
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1272/jnms.79.468