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Giant lymphatic cyst of omentum: a case report

BACKGROUND: Omental cysts are rare abdominal lesions and are difficult to diagnose. Mostly they are detected incidentally during imaging studies performed for unrelated reasons. CASE PRESENTATION: Presentation can be both acute and chronic. Acute presentations are usually due to complication in cyst...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Sanjeev, Agrawal, Nikhil, Khanna, Rahul, Khanna, AK
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2628642/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19128491
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-23
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Omental cysts are rare abdominal lesions and are difficult to diagnose. Mostly they are detected incidentally during imaging studies performed for unrelated reasons. CASE PRESENTATION: Presentation can be both acute and chronic. Acute presentations are usually due to complication in cyst. Imaging is helpful in excluding other causes of lump abdomen. We encountered a case of giant lymphatic cyst presenting with abdominal swelling, clinically mimicking huge ovarian cyst. CONCLUSION: The goal of surgical therapy is complete excision of the cyst, and Omental cysts can be removed without endangering the adjacent bowel.