Abstract:Background: There are few reports on spleen masses, and solitary splenic abscesses with abdominal pain have not been reported in younger age groups. We report a case of a splenic mass of uncertain etiology in a 15-year-old boy. Case Presentation: A 15-year-old boy visited the emergency department with abdominal pain. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed a thin-walled multilobular splenic cyst. Computed tomography revealed a cystic shadow and a septate structure in the spleen. Magnetic resonance imaging examinati… Show more
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