A case of multiple cysts of the mesentery

✍ Scribed by R. P. Callaghan; D. L. B. Farley

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1958
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 281 KB
• Volume: 45
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.18004519419

✦ Synopsis

NUMEROUS cases of single mesenteric cyst have been recorded, but we have only been able to find 7 published cases of multiple mesenteric cysts i n the literature of the last five years. The following case was therefore thought to be worthy of presentation. FIG. 7Ss.--Plain radiograph (erect) of the abdomen on admission, showing a few fluid levels in the small intestine, gas shadows in the colon (but not the rectum), and an absence of shadows in the right lower quadrant.

T h e additional interest of this case lies in the fact that the child was referred with a n acute abdominal disorder, i.e., pain, distension, and rigidity, simulating acute peritonitis.