Complicated congenital splenic cyst: Saved by a splenunculus

Abstract

A 12-year-old girl presented with a large congenital splenic cyst complicated by Salmonella organisms. After failure of conservative management and percutaneous drainage, a splenectomy was performed. An incidental splenunculus was preserved. On follow up the splenunculus had increased to normal splenic size and there was no evidence of Howell-Jolly bodies, suggesting normal splenic function.

Keywords

• <i>Salmonella</i>
• splenectomy
• splenic cyst
• splenunculus