Open AccessInfarction of a polyp within a mesenteric cyst: An unusual presentation as an acute abdomen
Author(s) -
Shigeyoshi Gon,
Bishakha Majumdar,
Aditi Bhattacharyya,
Tushar Kanti Das,
Indranil Chatterjee
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of indian association of pediatric surgeons
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1998-3891
pISSN - 0971-9261
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9261.70647
Subject(s) - medicine , acute abdomen , presentation (obstetrics) , mesenteric cyst , cyst , abdomen , infarction , radiology , general surgery , surgery , myocardial infarction
A case of mesenteric cyst in a five-year-old male child who presented with acute abdomen due to an infarcted polyp present within the cyst is reported. To the best of our knowledge, such an event has never been reported in the literature previously.