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IGLESIAS DIAZ, Gladys; FLORES IRIBAR, Aramis  e  FERNANDEZ MACHADO, Eduardo. Giant cyst of the mesentery: a case report at "Bengo" State Provincial Hospital, Popular Republic of Angola. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.3, pp. 50-55. ISSN 1561-3194.

The cyst of the mesentery is subdivided according to its origin as: lymphatic, mesothelial, urogenital, dermoid, enteric and pseudocystic tumors. The cyst of the mesentery is an uncommon entity, symptoms are rare and it is clinically present as an intestinal obstruction, hydronephrosis and acute abdomen. A 7 year-old male patient who at birth an abdominal mass was palpated, the patient admitted at "Bengo" State Provincial Hospital, Angola Republic presented a marked volume of the abdomen which caused abdominal upsets; verifying during physical examination the renitence of an abdominal mass which occupied most of the abdomen up to the lowest part of the hypogastrium with a cystic aspect, widening to the base of the thorax. An abdominal sonography was performed, it confirmed a giant cystic. A cyst of 27 cm of diameter, weighting 4400g at the level of the mesentery containing 5 liters of a transparent fluid was removed without vascular damages of the intestinal masses; the results of the pathology reported a benign cystic mesothelioma. Postoperative evolution was favorable. Due to the low incidence of this entity and the size of the cyst the case was reported.

Palavras-chave : MESENTERIC CYST; MESOTHELIOMA; LYMPHANGIOMA.

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