Total Splenectomy due to an Unexpected “Complication” after Successful Extended Laparoscopic Partial Decapsulation of a Giant Epidermoid Splenic Cyst: A Case Report
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(a, b) Axial enhanced CT postsurgical decapsulation of the splenic cyst (3rd post-operative day) reveals an intact and homogeneously enhanced splenic parenchyma (a). The hypodense area at the anatomic region of the decapsulated cyst anterior to the spleen (a) that contains loculation of air in its center (a) represents the remnants of the cystic wall that have partially collapsed after laparoscopic surgical decapsulation together with perisplenic pockets of fluid (b).
