Epithelial splenic cysts in children: Surgical treatment by cyst-wall "peeling"

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 300-302

  Calisti, A ^a,b   Perrotta, M L ^a   Molle, Ph ^a   Marrocco, G ^a   Miele, V ^a  

^a SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Nonparasitic splenic cyst; Splenic epithelial cyst; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL MASS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM; EPIDERMOID CYST; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOSTASIS; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCLEROSIS; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CYST; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPLENIC DISEASES;

EID: 0037818306     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-002-0879-z     Document Type: Article

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