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CT SCAN: splenic hypodense lesions with liquid content associated to a reactive thickening of perisplenic tissue.
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A CT scan showed moderate splenomegaly with hypodense lesions attributable to the presence of liquid content and reactive thickening of perisplenic tissue, associated to subcapsular lesions at the superior pole of the spleen (Fig. 1).
INTRAOPERATIVE VIEW: ruptured cyst with pus.
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During the dissection performed with a radiofrequency device (LigaSure Vessel Sealing System, Valleylab, Boulder, Colo), an opening of a splenic cyst with important leak of pus occurred (Fig. 2).