?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Massive+Splenic+Pseudocysts+%3A+Report+of+2+cases&rft.creator=Challa%2C+VR&rft.creator=Swamyvelu%2C+K&rft.creator=Goud%2C+GY&rft.creator=Rangappa%2C+P&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Splenic+cysts+can+be+classified+as+parasitic+and+nonparasitic.+Non+parasitic+cysts+can+be+further+divided+into+true+and+pseudocysts.+Pseudocysts+of+spleen+does+not+contain+an+epithelial+lining.+Pseudocysts+of+spleen+are+usually+post+traumatic+and+they+rarely+grow+to+a+large+size+and+most+of+them+are+asymptomatic.+It+can+be+confused+with+cystic+lesions+of+spleen+or+pancreas+or+from+the+surrounding+structures.+These+cases+require+exploration+and+is+both+diagnostic+and+therapeutic.+Conservative+measures+to+preserve+spleen+can+be+considered+only+in+presence+of+expertise+and+if+remnant+functional+splenic+parenchyma+is+more+than+25+%25.+Here+we+present+two+cases+of+giant+pseudocysts+who+were+confused+with+malignancy+and+referred+to+our+centre+and+were+later+found+to+be+pseudocysts+of+spleen.+We+would+like+to+report+these+cases+as+they+are+rare+and+as+diagnostic+dilemmas.&rft.publisher=Kakkilaya+BS&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2012-10-25&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8923%2F1%2F2012-3-13.pdf&rft.identifier=++Challa%2C+VR+and+Swamyvelu%2C+K+and+Goud%2C+GY+and+Rangappa%2C+P++(2012)+Massive+Splenic+Pseudocysts+%3A+Report+of+2+cases.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8923%2F