title: Mesenteric, omental, and retroperitoneal cysts in children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report our experience in the management of mesenteric, omental, and retroperitoneal cysts.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective study.
  
  
  METHODS
  University department of paediatric surgery, Turkey.
  
  
  METHODS
  10 children with mesenteric, omental, and retroperitoneal cysts.
  
  
  METHODS
  Laparotomy in all cases.
  
  
  METHODS
  Mode of presentation, imaging techniques, surgical intervention, histological examination, morbidity, and recurrence.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The main presenting symptoms were abdominal distension and pain. A palpable abdominal mass was detected in 4 patients. Preoperative ultrasonography was done in 8 patients and showed a cystic mass in 7. All patients underwent laparotomy-6 as emergencies because of acute abdominal findings. The cysts were located in the small bowel mesentery in 6, in the retroperitoneum in 2, and in the omentum and the mesosigmoid in another 2. Operations included complete excision of the cyst in 5 and complete excision with intestinal resection in the other 5. There was only one recurrence of a retroperitoneal cyst that needed a second operation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Early recognition and appropriate treatment of these cysts are associated with a good prognosis, but long term follow-up is advisable because of the possibility of recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okur
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Küçükaydin
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Ozokutan
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Durak
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kazez
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Köse
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008639:Mesenteric Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D009852:Omentum; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D012189:Retrospective Studies