Pinder Richard M, Thomas Rachel, Lyndon Phillip J, Chapple Keith S
Department of Surgery, Dewsbury and District Hospital, Mid-Yorkshire NHS Trust, Halifax Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 4HS.
Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2006 Jun;16(3):190-4. doi: 10.1097/00129689-200606000-00017.
The diagnosis and management of true nonparasitic splenic cysts has markedly changed in recent years. The use of serum CA 19-9 has been increasingly advocated for diagnosis, while the advent of minimally invasive surgery has radically altered surgical management. We present the first case of a true nonparasitic splenic cyst in which serum CA 19-9 was not elevated. Treatment was by laparoscopic cyst decapsulation utilising the endoscopic Ligasure.