title: Traumatic mesenteric cyst after blunt abdominal trauma.
abstract: Mesenteric cysts are rare abdominal tumors of unclear histologic origin, usually asymptomatic. Post-traumatic mesenteric cyst usually results as a consequence of a mesenteric lymphangitic rupture or a hematoma followed by absorption and cystic degeneration. The preoperative histological and radiological diagnosis is difficult. We present the case of a 45-year-old male patient with sizable, palpable abdominal tumor, the gradual swelling of which the patient himself combined with the blunt abdominal trauma he acquired from an opponent's knee in a football game 5 months ago.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of General Surgery, 417 NIMTS, Veterans Administration Hospital of Athens, 10-12 Monis Petraki, Athens 11521, Greece.
authors.forename: Evangelos
authors.initials: E
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authors.lastname: Anyfantakis
authors.forename: Constantinos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Villias
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