title: [Increasing abdominal pain caused by abdominal tumor in a 21-year-old female].
abstract: Lymphangiomas are congenital malformations which occur mostly in the neck and head region of children. They are rarely located in the mesenterium or retroperitoneum in adults. We present a case of mesenteric cystic lymphangioma in a young woman who was admitted to hospital with a history of increasing abdominal pain. We discuss diagnostic means, differential diagnosis, and therapeutic management of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Chirurgie und Chirurgische Onkologie, Robert-Rössle-Klinik im Helios-Klinikum Berlin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jakob
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Moesta
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rau
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D018191:Lymphangioma, Cystic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008643:Mesentery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed