Giant mesenteric lymphatic malformation presenting as small bowel volvulus
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Giant mesenteric lymphatic malformation presenting as small bowel volvulus
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 laparoscopi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Surgical Case Reports
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2042-8812
DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjt083