case_images: PMC3047768_01
case_images: Specimen after opening the cyst
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case_images: F1
case_images: Total splenectomy was performed in view of the dense adhesions to the adjacent structures, large size of the cyst even after aspiration and the inability to leave behind adequate viable splenic parenchyma after cyst dissection [Figure 1].
case_images: Squamous metaplasia in the cyst
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case_images: F2
case_images: The histopathology report of the specimen of spleen showed cysts lined by cuboidal epithelium in continuation with a stratified squamous lining, suggestive of metaplasia [Figure 2].