Albuquerque Joana, Mónica Ana, Germano Ana, Tavares Ana
Serviço de Imagiologia, Hospital Fernando Fonseca, Amadora.
Acta Med Port. 2005 May-Jun;18(3):227-30. Epub 2005 Jun 18.
Splenic Epidermoid Cyst is a rare entity and the imaging methods play a major role in the diagnosis, although this can only be accomplished by the histological features. The authors report a case of splenic epidermoid cyst in a child of eleven years old, which presented with one month history of post-traumatic abdominal pain. They illustrate the imaging features on ultrasound, CT and MR with pathologic correlation. A review of imaging aspects in the characterization and diagnosis of this clinical entity is made.