title: [Mesenteric cyst as the etiology of abdominal pain--a case report].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Mesenteric cysts are part of the differential diagnosis of abdominal tumors. We want to remember this diagnosis with the following case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 35-year-old woman was admitted for abdominal pain that had begun two weeks previously. Sonographic examination and CT scan of the abdomen showed a 14 x 12 x 3 cm abdominal tumor without any relation to the uterus, adnexa or organs of the epigastrium. Laparotomy was performed and the cystic tumor removed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mesenteric cysts are rare. The pathogenesis is not uniform and the clinical and radiologic diagnosis is difficult. The symptoms of this condition vary from acute abdominal signs to non-specific abdominal features or incidental findings. Mesenteric cysts can be located anywhere in the mesentery from the duodenum to the rectum. The treatment of choice is resection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mesenteric cysts are rare abdominal conditions. The resection of the cyst and the verification of the diagnosis is the treatment of choice.
authors.affiliation: Departement Chirurgie, Universitätsspital Zürich.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kilgus
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Largiadèr
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Klotz
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008639:Mesenteric Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008643:Mesentery / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed