title: [Mesenteric cyst].
abstract: Mesenteric cysts are rare abdominal tumors. Their incidence varies in different papers from one in 27,000 to one in 250,000 hospital admissions. Five patients with mesenteric cysts were treated at Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo between November 1982 and October 1992. The most common location was in the small bowel (60%). All of them were treated by surgery. One case was found incidentally. Treatment of choice is enucleation. It was realized in two cases (40%). The others had segmental bowel resection.
authors.affiliation: Disciplina de Cirurgia Geral, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alves Júnior
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maximiano
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Pires
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Birolini
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D008639:Mesenteric Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Cisto mesentérico.