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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Laparoscopic spleen-preserving dome resection for a giant primary epithelial splenic cyst.

Neil Robert Lowrie, Monica Jane Londahl, Konrad Klaus Richter

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Minimally invasive surgery for giant splenic cysts.Journal of minimal access surgery · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Neil Robert LowrieDepartment of Surgery, Southland Hospital, Invercargill, New Zealand.
Monica Jane LondahlSouthland Hospital Campus, School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1021-5879
Konrad Klaus RichterDepartment of Surgery, Southland Hospital, Invercargill, New Zealand konradklaus.richter@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0299-8751
Southland Hospital · NZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-parasitic splenic cysts are rare and are seldom diagnosed outside the paediatric surgical practice. Giant true primary epithelial cysts greater than 14 cm in diameter are even rarer. Laparoscopic surgery is preferable; however, bleeding, splenectomy and recurrence are recognised risks. Here, we report a young female patient with a 21 cm symptomatic primary splenic cyst. The patient underwent a spleen-preserving laparoscopy and was followed up for 2 years when she had an MRI of the abdomen. Surgical, technical and perioperative treatment aspects are discussed here, in the context of the current literature.

Indexed as

Epidermal CystLaparoscopySplenic DiseasesAdolescentFemaleHumansNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalSplenectomygeneral surgerysurgery

Identifiers

PMID34511417
PMCPMC8438881
OpenAlexW3200836129

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