title: Gigantic post-traumatic pseudocyst of sigmoid mesentery.
abstract: A 29-year-old man presented with dull abdominal pain and a lump occupying almost the entire abdomen, four months after a fall from a height. Ultrasonography revealed a cystic lesion with debris occupying almost the entire abdomen. Diagnostic tap revealed brownish fluid. Exploration revealed a huge thick-walled cyst of the sigmoid mesocolon, which could be enucleated out entirely. Histology suggested it to be a false cyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, Susrutanagar, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. prosantabh@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Prosanta Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Bhattacharjee
authors.forename: Debotosh
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Purakayastha
authors.forename: Probhas Chandra
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Biswas
authors.forename: Debabrata
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: Subrata
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chakroborty
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D000058:Accidental Falls; D000328:Adult; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008639:Mesenteric Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome