Mesenteric Cyst
Figure 1. Abdominal examination of a 37-year-old woman with a week-long history of nausea and vomiting revealed only midabdominal fullness. An upper gastrointestinal series revealed proximal dilatation of the duodenum, with a high-grade obstruction in the distal portion (arrow in Panel A). A compute...
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| Published in: | The New England journal of medicine Vol. 341; no. 9; p. 659 |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Massachusetts Medical Society
26-08-1999
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| Summary: | Figure 1. Abdominal examination of a 37-year-old woman with a week-long history of nausea and vomiting revealed only midabdominal fullness. An upper gastrointestinal series revealed proximal dilatation of the duodenum, with a high-grade obstruction in the distal portion (arrow in Panel A). A computed tomographic scan demonstrated a large, well-defined mass in the midabdomen, possibly arising from the mesentery, with mild effacement of adjacent small-bowel loops (arrow in Panel B). We considered a mesenteric cyst, omental cyst, intestinal duplication, cystic degeneration of a solid tumor, and nonpancreatic pseudocyst as possible causes of the mass. At surgery, a 9-by-6-cm mesenteric cyst . . . |
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| ISSN: | 0028-4793 1533-4406 |
| DOI: | 10.1056/NEJM199908263410905 |