Huge Pediatric Omental Cyst; A Condition Mimic Ascites
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They might be presented in the greater or lesser omentum and are lined by endothelium. Omental cysts may occur in all age groups and discovered incidentally during imaging studies or during laparotomy for another conditions. Clinical presentation may be chronic in which there may be gradual abdominal distension or it may present in acute form in which there is acute pain, distension, fever, vomiting and peritonitis.
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