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- Title
Giant mesenteric lymphatic malformation presenting as small bowel volvulus.
- Authors
Cauley, Christy E.; Spencer, Philip J.; Sagar, Pallavi; Goldstein, Allan M.
- Abstract
Abdominal pain with bilious emesis is an ominous clinical presentation with many possible causes. We describe a previously healthy 4-year-old boy who presented with these symptoms and ultrasound findings of fluid throughout most of the abdominal cavity. Computed tomography imaging revealed a large cystic mass (21-by-13 cm) associated with a small bowel obstruction due to volvulus. A laparoscopic exploration was undertaken, revealing a large mass arising from the small intestinal mesentery and causing a segmental volvulus of the small bowel. Conversion to mini-laparotomy allowed reduction of the volvulus and segmental resection of the small bowel associated with a giant mesenteric lymphatic malformation. This case describes a rare cause of intestinal volvulus due to a mesenteric lymphatic malformation.
- Subjects
MESENTERY; ABDOMINAL pain in children; VOMITING in children; COMPUTED tomography; ABDOMINAL surgery
- Publication
Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2013, Vol 2013, Issue 9, p1
- ISSN
2042-8812
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1093/jscr/rjt083