title: Mesenteric cysts in pregnancy. A case report.
abstract: Mesenteric cysts are rare. These large, often asymptomatic growths may be misinterpreted easily by the clinician as representing either benign or malignant ovarian tumors, renal masses, or hepatic tumors or cysts. We treated a women for a mesenteric cyst complicating her second pregnancy. Because of the increasing use of ultrasound in a wide variety of pregnancy complications, and because of the mesenteric cysts's unique sonographic appearance (resembling that of a benign ovarian tumor), such a cyst must be included in the differential diagnosis of large, cystic abdominal masses in pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Gast
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Goforth
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008639:Mesenteric Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014463:Ultrasonography