There are many causes of disturbed bowel habits. In this rare case of mucocele of appendix, patient presented with disturbed bowel habits of increased frequency, urgency and semisolid stool. Ultrasound of abdomen revealed fusiform cyst just below umbilicus. Differential diagnoses included mesenteric cyst, duplication cyst and mucocele of appendix. Coronal and saggital reformats of CT abdomen co...

Mesenteric cysts are rare intra-abdominal lesions. The lack of characteristic clinical features and radiological signs may present great diagnostic difficulties. Lymphangiomas can originate in any organ with less than 5% occurring the abdominal cavity. They occur anywhere small bowel or colonic mesentery. Here we a 58-years-old female discomfort, mild pain fullness for four months. Radiological...

Mesenteric chylous cysts are rare pathologic entities that often present with unspecific symptoms. The preoperative diagnosis requires all the common abdominal imaging techniques, but usually the correct diagnosis may be made only at the operation stage or during the histological examination. The treatment of choice is the complete surgical excision that may be safely performed by laparoscopy. ...

A 34-year-old patient was scheduled for valve replacement to treat a symptomatic mitral regurgitation. The preoperative work-up incidentally discovered an intra-abdominal cystic tumour extending from the epigastrium to the pelvic region on a computed tomography scan. The patient had no abdominal symptoms by the giant cyst from unkown origin. An open "en bloc" resection disclosed a large cyst in...

Mesenteric cysts are tumoural formations which are generally benign in character, originate from the intestinal mesentery, and rarely cause abdominal tumours. They are asymptomatic unless a complication occurs, and thus may be incidentally diagnosed. Symptomatic cases may show up with findings such as abdominal pain, abdominal mass, nausea, and vomiting, and sometimes patients present with an a...

Mesenteric cysts are detected in all age groups with almost equal incidence both genders. Although a rare abdominal growth, it is commonly found the fifth to seventh decades of life. These mostly small (asymptomatic) 3% chance malignant transformation. With increase size cyst, nonspecific complaints pain, distention, discomfort, nausea, vomiting, flatulence, constipation, or diarrhea may develo...

Aim: Mesenteric cysts are rare abdominal masses which cause vomiting and distention and may be complicated with volvulus, bleeding, torsion and rupture, gastrointestinal perforation and even urinary obstruction. We present a patient with a mesenteric cyst causing gastrointestinal obstruction which treated surgically. Case: A 3 years old male patient was admitted to our hospital with symptoms of...