Giant cystic lymphangioma of the small bowel mesentery: case report

Cystic lymphangioma is an uncommon mesenteric tumor which is usually reported in children. We describe a case of a 12-years old girl who was admitted in our hospital with abdominal distension and pain. Physical examination showed an abdomino-pelvic mass. Preoperative studies including abdominal ultr...

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Autores principales: Khattala, Khalid, Rami, Mohamed, Elmadi, Aziz, Mahmoudi, Abdelhalim, Bouabdallah, Youssef
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3229204/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22145071
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author Khattala, Khalid
Rami, Mohamed
Elmadi, Aziz
Mahmoudi, Abdelhalim
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description Cystic lymphangioma is an uncommon mesenteric tumor which is usually reported in children. We describe a case of a 12-years old girl who was admitted in our hospital with abdominal distension and pain. Physical examination showed an abdomino-pelvic mass. Preoperative studies including abdominal ultrasonography and computed tomography failed to determine the cause of the pain. Laparotomy found a giant cystic tumor of the small bowel mesentery. Histological studies confirm the diagnosis of cystic lymphangioma. Based on this case, a review of the literature is suggested.
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spelling pubmed-32292042011-12-05 Giant cystic lymphangioma of the small bowel mesentery: case report Khattala, Khalid Rami, Mohamed Elmadi, Aziz Mahmoudi, Abdelhalim Bouabdallah, Youssef Pan Afr Med J Case Report Cystic lymphangioma is an uncommon mesenteric tumor which is usually reported in children. We describe a case of a 12-years old girl who was admitted in our hospital with abdominal distension and pain. Physical examination showed an abdomino-pelvic mass. Preoperative studies including abdominal ultrasonography and computed tomography failed to determine the cause of the pain. Laparotomy found a giant cystic tumor of the small bowel mesentery. Histological studies confirm the diagnosis of cystic lymphangioma. Based on this case, a review of the literature is suggested. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2011-08-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3229204/ /pubmed/22145071 Text en © Khalid Khattala et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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