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case_images: A 48-year-old man developed right lower quadrant pain and was taken to the operating theater. A ruptured appendix was associated with widespread mucinous tumor within the peritoneal space. He was treated with 5-fluorouracil plus leucovorin chemotherapy. Seven years after the appendectomy a repeat CT scan shows a 7 cm in diameter cystic mass within the central portion of the spleen.
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case_images: November 23, 2004, repeat CT showed a 7 cm in diameter cystic mass within the central part of the spleen (Fig. 3). No other sites of disease were noted on CT.