[Epidermoid cyst of the spleen with a picture of acute abdomen]. / Cisti epidermoide della milza con quadro di addome acuto.

A case of epidermoid cyst of the spleen in an 8-yr-old boy presented as acute abdomen secondary to rupture of the cyst. The lesion is classified and the relevant literature surveyed. Particular reference is made to the pathogenetic mechanism responsible for the picture of acute abdomen.