Abstract

Posttraumatic splenic cysts are uncommon lesions and it should be considered if someone have a lump in left upper abdomen following abdominal trauma. We report a 24 years old male patient with huge posttraumatic splenic cysts and diagnostic value of MRI in this case.

Highlights

  • Splenic cysts classified as primary or secondary according to their etiology and pathophysiology [1]

  • We report a male patient with huge posttraumatic splenic cysts and diagnostic value of Magnetic resonance Imaging (MRI) in this case

  • Nonparasitic cysts are uncommon, with only around 800 cases described in the medical literature

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POSTTRAUMATIC SPLENIC CYST Diagnostic value of MRI

Afyon Kocatepe University Medical Faculty, Departments of Radiology. Posttraumatic splenic cysts are uncommon lesions and it should be considered if someone have a lump in left upper abdomen following abdominal trauma. We report a 24 years old male patient with huge posttraumatic splenic cysts and diagnostic value of MRI in this case

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