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Mesenteric cyst

MedGen UID:
7555
•Concept ID:
C0025467
•
Anatomical Abnormality
Synonyms: Cyst, Mesenteric; Cysts, Mesenteric; Mesenteric Cyst; Mesenteric Cysts
SNOMED CT: Cyst of mesentery (27970007); Embryonic cyst of mesentery (253802003); Congenital mesenteric cyst (253802003); Mesenteric cyst (27970007)
 
HPO: HP:0030451

Definition

A closed fluid filled sac originating from the mesentary. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMesenteric cyst

Conditions with this feature

Intellectual developmental disorder with cardiac defects and dysmorphic facies
MedGen UID:
1675627
•Concept ID:
C5193024
•
Disease or Syndrome
IDDCDF is an autosomal recessive syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by globally impaired development with intellectual disability and speech delay, congenital cardiac malformations, and dysmorphic facial features. Additional features, such as distal skeletal anomalies, may also be observed (Stephen et al., 2018).
See: Condition Record
Intellectual developmental disorder with cardiac defects and dysmorphic facies

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Laparoscopic treatment of hydatid cyst of the liver in children. A report on 34 cases.
Maazoun K, Mekki M, Chioukh FZ, Sahnoun L, Ksia A, Jouini R, Jallouli M, Krichene I, Belghith M, Nouri A
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Aetiology and treatment of chylous ascites.
Browse NL, Wilson NM, Russo F, al-Hassan H, Allen DR
Br J Surg 1992 Nov;79(11):1145-50. doi: 10.1002/bjs.1800791110. PMID: 1467885

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Surgical Treatment of Mesenteric Lymphatic Malformations in Children: An Observational Cohort study.
Yan J, Xie C, Chen Y
J Pediatr Surg 2023 Sep;58(9):1762-1769. Epub 2023 Feb 21 doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.02.041. PMID: 36931944
Mesenteric Cyst with GI Symptoms: A Fluid Approach to Treatment-Case Report and Literature Review.
Gagliardi F, Lauro A, Tripodi D, Amabile MI, Palumbo P, Di Matteo FM, Palazzini G, Forte F, Frattaroli S, Khouzam S, Marino IR, D'Andrea V, Sorrenti S, Pironi D
Dig Dis Sci 2022 Mar;67(3):786-798. Epub 2022 Jan 21 doi: 10.1007/s10620-021-07352-0. PMID: 35059952
Mesenteric cyst in infancy: presentation and management.
Belhassen S, Meriem B, Rachida L, Nahla K, Saida H, Imed K, Sana M, Amine K, Lassad S, Mongi M, Mohsen B, Abdellatif N
Pan Afr Med J 2017;26:191. Epub 2017 Mar 31 doi: 10.11604/pamj.2017.26.191.11476. PMID: 28674584Free PMC Article
Gorlin syndrome.
Hooper JE, Schofield J, Soran H, Whitehouse RW
BMJ Case Rep 2013 Oct 30;2013 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-201045. PMID: 24172774Free PMC Article
Mesenteric cysts: an institution experience over 14 years and review of literature.
Tan JJ, Tan KK, Chew SP
World J Surg 2009 Sep;33(9):1961-5. doi: 10.1007/s00268-009-0133-0. PMID: 19609826

Diagnosis

Mesenteric Cyst with GI Symptoms: A Fluid Approach to Treatment-Case Report and Literature Review.
Gagliardi F, Lauro A, Tripodi D, Amabile MI, Palumbo P, Di Matteo FM, Palazzini G, Forte F, Frattaroli S, Khouzam S, Marino IR, D'Andrea V, Sorrenti S, Pironi D
Dig Dis Sci 2022 Mar;67(3):786-798. Epub 2022 Jan 21 doi: 10.1007/s10620-021-07352-0. PMID: 35059952
Gorlin syndrome.
Hooper JE, Schofield J, Soran H, Whitehouse RW
BMJ Case Rep 2013 Oct 30;2013 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-201045. PMID: 24172774Free PMC Article
Mesenteric cysts: an institution experience over 14 years and review of literature.
Tan JJ, Tan KK, Chew SP
World J Surg 2009 Sep;33(9):1961-5. doi: 10.1007/s00268-009-0133-0. PMID: 19609826
Laparoscopic treatment of mesenteric cysts.
Asoglu O, Igci A, Karanlik H, Parlak M, Kecer M, Ozmen V, Muslumanoglu M
Surg Endosc 2003 May;17(5):832. doi: 10.1007/s00464-002-4271-9. PMID: 15768452
Mesenteric cysts.
Estourgie RJ, van Beek MW
Z Kinderchir 1981 Mar;32(3):223-30. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1063264. PMID: 7282055

Therapy

A gossypiboma masquerading as a mesenteric cyst.
Bozkurt H, Öğüt B
Malawi Med J 2021 Mar;33(1):68-70. doi: 10.4314/mmj.v33i1.11. PMID: 34422237Free PMC Article
Mesenteric cysts and mesenteric venous thrombosis leading to intestinal necrosis in pregnancy managed with laparotomy: a case report and review of the literature.
Giannos A, Stavrou S, Goumalatsos N, Fragkoulidis G, Chra E, Argiropoulos D, Loutradis D, Drakakis P
J Med Case Rep 2017 Jul 7;11(1):184. doi: 10.1186/s13256-017-1320-5. PMID: 28683785Free PMC Article
An unusual presentation of phaeochromocytoma (case presentation).
Folaranmi SE, Oragui E, Craigie RJ, Minford J, Humphrey G
Acta Paediatr 2011 Nov;100(11):1404; discussion 1510-1. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02407.x. PMID: 21985776
Chylous cyst formation following laparoscopic fundoplication.
Wykypiel HF, Margreiter R
Wien Klin Wochenschr 2007;119(23-24):729-32. doi: 10.1007/s00508-007-0912-2. PMID: 18157607
Stapled intestinal anastomosis in neonates and infants: use of the endoscopic intestinal stapler.
Powell RW
J Pediatr Surg 1995 Feb;30(2):195-7. doi: 10.1016/0022-3468(95)90559-6. PMID: 7738737

Prognosis

Mesenteric cyst in infancy: presentation and management.
Belhassen S, Meriem B, Rachida L, Nahla K, Saida H, Imed K, Sana M, Amine K, Lassad S, Mongi M, Mohsen B, Abdellatif N
Pan Afr Med J 2017;26:191. Epub 2017 Mar 31 doi: 10.11604/pamj.2017.26.191.11476. PMID: 28674584Free PMC Article
Traumatic mesenteric pseudocyst.
Micković S, Bezmarević M, Nikolić-Micković I, Mitrović M, Tufegdzić I, Mirković D, Sekulović L, Trifunović B
Vojnosanit Pregl 2014 Jul;71(7):685-8. doi: 10.2298/vsp121116029m. PMID: 25109117
Solid pseudopapillary epithelial neoplasm--a rare but curable pancreatic tumour in young women.
Frost M, Krige JE, Bornman PC, Panieri E, Beningfield SJ, Wainwright H
S Afr J Surg 2011 Apr;49(2):75-6, 78-81. PMID: 21614977
Chylous mesenteric cysts in children.
Chen HP, Liu WY, Tang YM, Ma BY, Xu B, Yang G, Wang XJ
Surg Today 2011 Mar;41(3):358-62. Epub 2011 Mar 2 doi: 10.1007/s00595-009-4271-7. PMID: 21365416
Mesenteric, omental, and retroperitoneal cysts in children: a clinical study of 22 cases.
Hebra A, Brown MF, McGeehin KM, Ross AJ 3rd
South Med J 1993 Feb;86(2):173-6. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199302000-00005. PMID: 8434287

Clinical prediction guides

Surgical Treatment of Mesenteric Lymphatic Malformations in Children: An Observational Cohort study.
Yan J, Xie C, Chen Y
J Pediatr Surg 2023 Sep;58(9):1762-1769. Epub 2023 Feb 21 doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.02.041. PMID: 36931944
Case report: horse or zebra, ascites or pseudo-ascites? Care for pictural details!
Rossi A, Di Dato F, Iorio R, Vallone G, Mollica C, Caprio MG, De Ville De Goyet J, Spagnuolo MI
BMC Pediatr 2019 Nov 25;19(1):460. doi: 10.1186/s12887-019-1826-7. PMID: 31766989Free PMC Article
Enterogenous cyst of the small bowel mesentery: a case report and review of the literature.
Danys D, Martinaitytė R, Zacharic J, Poskus E, Zurauskas E, Poskus T, Strupas K
Acta Chir Belg 2019 Feb;119(1):52-55. Epub 2017 Dec 8 doi: 10.1080/00015458.2017.1411551. PMID: 29221426
Ultrasound evaluation of abdominal masses in Ethiopian child patients.
Kebede AG, Nigussie Y
Trop Doct 2011 Jul;41(3):157-9. Epub 2011 May 19 doi: 10.1258/td.2011.100253. PMID: 21596844
Comparative evaluation of plain films, ultrasound and CT in the diagnosis of intestinal obstruction.
Suri S, Gupta S, Sudhakar PJ, Venkataramu NK, Sood B, Wig JD
Acta Radiol 1999 Jul;40(4):422-8. doi: 10.3109/02841859909177758. PMID: 10394872

Recent systematic reviews

Chylous mesenteric cyst: A diagnostic dilemma.
Lee DL, Madhuvrata P, Reed MW, Balasubramanian SP
Asian J Surg 2016 Jul;39(3):182-6. Epub 2013 Jun 13 doi: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2013.04.009. PMID: 23769746

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