Volume : VII, Issue : XII, December - 2017

Mesenteric Cyst Presenting as Intestinal Obstruction: A Rare Entity in Paediatric Age

Ajeet Kumar Yadav, Ramkesh Meena, Surat Nabum, Vivek Dewan

Abstract :

 Mesenteric cyst is a rare intra–abdominal pathology in paediatric age group. Patients usually remains asymptomatic or can have nonspecific complains of abdominal pain and progressive abdominal distension. Acute presentations are extremely uncommon and their preoperative diagnosis is difficult. Here, we present a 6 year old boy presenting as an acute intestinal obstruction and was later diagnosed to be mesenteric cyst. Explorative laprotomy was done and mesenteric cyst along with incidental Meckel’s diverticulum and twisted bowel loop was resected and ileoileal anastomosis done. Patient recovered uneventfully. Mesenteric cyst presenting as acute obstruction in paediatric age is rare and challenging preoperative diagnosis prompted us to report this case. 

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Ajeet Kumar Yadav, Ramkesh Meena, Surat Nabum, Vivek Dewan, Mesenteric Cyst Presenting as Intestinal Obstruction: A Rare Entity in Paediatric Age, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-12 | December-2017

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