--- abstract: 'Splenic cysts are very rare lesions, most of them being parasitic systs. Nonparasitic cysts are uncommon. We report a case of young female who presented with mass and pain abdomen. Ultrasound examination revealed splenic syst. The diagnosis of epidermoid cyst was made based on characteristic lining on histopathological examination' altloc: - http://www.ojhas.org/issue33/2010-1-13.htm chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: - vijayshankarpatho@gmail.com - ~ creators_name: - family: Vijay Shankar given: S honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Usha given: R honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2010-07-30 date_type: published datestamp: 2010-09-13 03:52:38 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/69/99 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: 0 edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: - Kakkilaya BS editors_name: - family: Kakkilaya given: Srinivas honourific: Dr lineage: '' eprint_status: archive eprintid: 6999 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/6999/1/2010%2D1%2D13.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: 'Epidermoid cyst, Spleen' lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:43 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: 1 pagerange: ~ pubdom: TRUE publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences publisher: Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya refereed: TRUE referencetext: "1.\tBrunicardi FC. Schwartz’s principles of surgery 8th edn. Newyork; Mc Graw hill 2005; 1307 \r\n2.\tKubo M, Yamane M, Miyatani K, Udaka T, Mizuta M, Shirakawa K. Familial epidermoid cysts of the spleen: report of two cases. Surg Today. 2006;36(9):853-6. \r\n3.\tHigaki K, Jimi A, Watanabe J, Kusaba A, Kojiro M. Epidermoid cyst of the spleen with CA19-9 or carcinoembryonic antigen productions: report of three cases. Am J Surg Pathol. 1998 Jun;22(6):704-8. \r\n4.\tRobbins FG, Yellin AE, Lingua RW, Craig JR, Turrill FL, Mikkelsen WP. Splenic epidermoid cysts. Ann Surg. 1978 Mar;187(3):231-5. \r\n5.\tMorgenstern L. Nonparasitic splenic cysts: pathogenesis, classification, and treatment. J Am Coll Surg. 2002 Mar;194(3):306-14." relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 20 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2010-09-13 03:52:38 subjects: - OJHAS succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: Epidermoid Cyst of Spleen type: journale userid: 4338 volume: 9