Splenic Dermoid Cyst in a 12 Year Old Boy

Nazmus Sakib Ferdous, Abdul Hanif, Shahnoor Islam, Gaglul Gaffar Khan and Ashraf-Ul-Huq

Department of Pediatric Surgery, Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, Bangladesh

^*Correspondance to: Nazmus Sakib Ferdous 

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Abstract:

A rare splenic dermoid cyst in a 12-year-old boy is reported here in. The patient was referred to us with the chief complaint of left upper abdominal swelling for a week which was non tender. The lesion was demonstrated by ultrasonography and computed tomography to be a cystic lesion containing serous fluid. A splenectomy was performed. Histopathological findings demonstrated the cyst to be a dermoid cyst of the spleen. To avoid the risk of infection following splenectomy, polyvalent pneumococcus and meningococcus and hemophilus influengae vaccine was administered. The patient recovered uneventfully.

Keywords:

Dermoid cyst of spleen; USG; CT scan

Cite the Article:

Ferdous NS, Hanif A, Islam S, Khan GG, Ashraf-Ul-Huq. Splenic Dermoid Cyst in a 12 Year Old Boy. Ann Clin Case Rep. 2017; 2: 1393.