Primary epithelial splenic cyst: A rare encounter

• Main Authors: Pooja Sharma Kala (Author), Sheenam Azad (Author), Trisha Sharma (Author), Seema Acharya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Splenic cysts are rare with an overall incidence of 0.07% in a large autopsy series and 0.5% among all the splenectomies done. The parasitic splenic cysts, usually caused by Echinococcus granulosus, account for 60% of all primary splenic cysts. The primary epithelial cysts account for 10% of all spl...