A Case of a 4-Year-Old Boy with a Mesenteric Chylous Cyst Infected with Histoplasma capsulatum

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  • Vianney Kweyamba
  • Mirraim Apiyo
  • Biratu Olika
  • Olivia Kituuka
چکیده

Mesenteric cysts are uncommon entities and chyle- (lymph-) containing cysts are the rarest of this group. This is a case report of a 4-year-old boy with a mesenteric chylous cyst who was later found to have Histoplasma capsulatum infection.

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دوره 2016  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2016