spleen cyst

• true cyst
  • congenital
  • epithelial lining

• pseudocyst
  • four times more common than true cysts
  • no epithelial lining
  • +/- calcification in wall (esp. w/ hematoma or echinococcus)
  • a/w trauma in childhood

• metastasis
• abscess
• echinococcal cyst

© 2002, C.E. Kahn, Jr.
2002-04-18