Large Mesenteric Cyst Mimicking Tuberculous Ascites

A giant mesenteric cyst mimicking untreatable ascites.

Giant Cysts of Ovary, A Benign Neoplastic Disease Mimicking Ascites

Cystic abdominal tumors are extremely common and now a day they are diagnosed more frequently due to availability of better imaging modalities. Presentations of huge cysts have become rare as most of them are diagnosed and treated early. Still we get reports of patients with huge benign abdominal cysts and many of them are serous cyst adenoma of ovary. Sometimes, it becomes very difficult to id...

Giant Omental Cyst (Lymphangioma) Mimicking Ascites and Tuberculosis

Omental and mesenteric cysts are both rare pathologies in children. Children who have omental cysts usually display symptoms of abdominal distension, with or without a palpable mass. The mass can simulate ascites on clinical observation, or tuberculosis on radiological images. The optimal treatment for this condition is complete resection. The presenting symptoms of abdominal distension and the...

Giant Cysts of Ovary, Case Reports and Review of Literature

Cystic abdominal tumors are extremely common and now a day they are diagnosed more frequently due to availability of better imaging modalities. Presentations of huge cysts have become rare as most of them are diagnosed and treated early. Still we get reports of patients with huge benign abdominal cysts and many of them are serous cyst adenoma of ovary. Sometimes, it becomes very difficult to id...

The Multi-Detector CT findings of giant abdominal lymphangiectasis mimicking a mesenteric cystic mass in a patient with midgut volvulus.

Our purpose is to show the Multi-Detector CT (MDCT) findings of an intra-abdominal giant cystic lesion with midgut volvulus and to share our experience with giant lymphangiectasis mimicking a mesenteric cyst or a cystic mass. The pathological evaluation indicated that the cyst contained abdominal lymphatic material. Malrotation is usually detected in infants and children, but rarely in adults. ...