Open AccessA rare case of acute abdomen
Author(s) -
Sinan Karakoç,
Gürkan Yetkın,
Bülent Çıtgez,
Mehmet Uludağ,
İsmail Akgün,
Abdülcabbar Kartal
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr.06.2009.1958
Subject(s) - medicine , acute abdomen , mesentery , asymptomatic , vomiting , abdomen , abdominal pain , nausea , complication , surgery , abdominal mass , cyst , rare disease , mesenteric cyst , emergency department , radiology , general surgery , disease , psychiatry
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 acute abdomen. Treatment includes total excision of the cyst. We present the case of a male patient admitted to our emergency department with acute abdominal symptoms, who was subsequently found to have a mesenteric cyst measuring 30×20×9 cm.