Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons (Jan 2008)

Solitary mesenteric vascular anomaly presenting as acute abdomen

  • Thambidorai C,
  • Wahab A,
  • Hamzaini A

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 3
pp. 115 – 117

Abstract

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A 4-year-old girl with a solitary vascular anomaly of the mesentery presented with acute lower abdominal pain. Despite the use of ultrasound, computed tomography scan and image-guided core biopsies, the lesion was initially mistaken for an inflammatory intra-abdominal mass. The correct diagnosis was made at laparotomy. Solitary vascular anomaly of the mesentery is rare and its presentation as an acute abdomen has not been reported before.

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