title: Solitary mesenteric vascular anomaly presenting as acute abdomen.
abstract: A 4-year-old girl with a solitary vascular anomaly of the mesentery presented with acute lower abdominal pain. Despite the use of ultrasound, computed tomography scan and image-guided core biopsies, the lesion was initially mistaken for an inflammatory intra-abdominal mass. The correct diagnosis was made at laparotomy. Solitary vascular anomaly of the mesentery is rare and its presentation as an acute abdomen has not been reported before.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Surgery Unit, Departments of Surgery and Radiology, University Kebangsaan of Malaysia, Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Thambidorai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wahab
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Hamzaini