Right localized pleural effusionandgiant splenic cyst withsplenic artery aneurysmsix months post trauma: aninteresting case report

International Journal of Development Research

Volume: 
10
Article ID: 
18427
3 pages
Research Article

Right localized pleural effusionandgiant splenic cyst withsplenic artery aneurysmsix months post trauma: aninteresting case report

Efstathios K. Metaxas, Panagiota Pantoula, Konstantia Bouchra, Christos Chouliaras, Athanasios Stathoulopoulos, Nicholaos Tzatzadakis and George Meimaris

Abstract: 

It is about a 66year old male who had a fall while he was trying to place the rubbish to the trash-can. Who developed a localized pleural effusion on the right hemithorax who drained successfully by a chest drain (pleural-cath).Who developed a giant splenic cyst with splenic artery aneurysm and finally underwent splenectomy six months post his trauma accident.

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