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SM Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Post-Traumatic Splenic Pseudocyst in Children: A Complication of a Successful Conservative Approach

[ ISSN : 2573-3419 ]

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Received: 13-Apr-2016

Accepted: 06-Jul-2016

Published: 11-Jul-2016

Ana Teresa B Silva¹*, Rui Quintanilha¹, and António Silva Melo¹

¹Department of General Surgery, Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo, Ponta Delgada, Portugal

Corresponding Author:

Ana Teresa B Silva, Department of general surgery, Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo, Ponta Delgada, Portugal, Tel: 917013132; Email: ana_ teresasilva@hotmail.com

Abstract

Blunt abdominal trauma is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among children and the spleen is the most frequently affected solid organ. Splenic conservation has become the accepted treatment for splenic blunt trauma. We report a case of a successful conservative approach with a consequent uncommon complication. The emphasis of this case lies in the fact that despite surgical intervention required to treat the splenic pseudocyst it was possible to preserve this important organ, especially in the paediatric age.

Citation

Silva ATB, Quintanilha R and Melo AS. Post-Traumatic Splenic Pseudocyst in Children- A Complication of a Successful Conservative Approach. SM J Pediatr Surg. 2016; 2(4): 1024.