Hello, 2 years ago, when I was 31, I had a partial splenectomy for an epithelial splenic cyst (ESC), which was 20cm, and filled with 1 L of fluid. It had also internally bled. I am so very grateful to my brilliant surgeon who gave me the best outcome I could hope for. Amazingly I had 3 pregnancies and natural births with the cyst at it's fullest size (we didn't know it was there). I had fatigue for much of my adult life. The year my youngest was born I became easily sick with flu which became more frequent, intense and lasted longer as the year progressed. Eventually intense abdominal pain, inability to eat, nausea and weight loss (I'm only petite anyway) led to medical tests and the discovery of the cyst. I still have 1/2 my spleen and have experienced the best health ever since. Health peculiarities in my child/teen years are now explained because of the cyst. I do have some ongoing abdominal pain/sensitivity and can only eat small meals now. But I have health and vitality now like I have never known. I wish you all the best with your health too!
My sister in law recently underwent surgery for a large cyst. The doctors found it attached to the spleen which they removed, a piece of the liver and the diaphragm. What are her chances they have told her that the part still attached to the diaphragm is cancer but slow moving
Hi! I'm 50 years old and just recently diagnosed with a cyst on the left spleen, I was afraid if this cyst is cancerous or not, it is now bothering me emotionally & physically, I'm a little bit depressed now, please help me find the answer to my problem.
my sister had gone the same process when she was nine. after they put alcohol in the cyst, it affect her badly and sit poisoned her. in the end they removed the cyst with half of her spleen.
now (she in nineteen) the cyst is growing back again, in CT scan they saw two cyst growing next to each other. the doctor advised her to remove the spleen. but she doesn't want, because of the side effects...
BelleF has your cyst grown back? I recently found out that I have a large cyst on my spleen (10cmx7.8cmx7.8cm) and I was hoping for a permanent solution without having to completely remove the spleen.
Hello, how difficult for your sister in law. Do you know if the cyst originated in the spleen? I hope she has good medical care as she journeys with this disease. Take care.
Hello, thank you for your post. I empathise as you journey through this, but take heart that with surgical advances it has a much better prognosis now than it used to. As far as I know, almost 4 years on, my cyst hasn't regrown. At 20cm mine was very large, and positioned close to the main blood supply of the spleen. So it looked like my spleen couldn't be saved. But my surgeon burnt the cyst off, preserved half the spleen and was confident the cyst wouldn't regrow. It was laparascopic (keyhole) surgery. As far as I know, surgeons readily perform partial splenectomies these days to preserve spleen function. I hope all goes smoothly for you and you have wonderful medical staff to care for you. Take care.
Hello,
My twelve years old has the same cyst on her spleen. It started out with what I thought was the stomach flu and fevers. She was in bed for two weeks. Have you found out any other information about your son's cyst?
Thanks