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An Interesting Case of a Large Cystic Mesothelioma of the Omentum in a Pediatric Patient

We present an interesting case of a large intra-abdominal cystic lesion in a 14-year-old girl who presented with abdominal discomfort and pain. The patient was evaluated with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and found to have a large septated cystic lesion arising from the gastrohepatic omentum. She...

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Main Authors: Gnanasekar Periyasamy (Author), Sivasundhar Kumarasamy (Author), Karumuri Srinivas Sekhar (Author), Malathi Vaithyanathan (Author), Saravanakumar Sengottaiyan (Author), Saravanan Thangam Shanmugasundaram (Author), Kumaragurubaran Gnanasambandam (Author)
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Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:We present an interesting case of a large intra-abdominal cystic lesion in a 14-year-old girl who presented with abdominal discomfort and pain. The patient was evaluated with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and found to have a large septated cystic lesion arising from the gastrohepatic omentum. She underwent surgery, and the diagnosis of cystic mesothelioma was confirmed in the histopathology. To the best of our knowledge, only a few cases of benign omental mesothelial cysts have been reported.
Item Description:2581-9178
10.1055/s-0039-1685237

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