title: Cystic abdominal masses in children: a pictorial essay.
abstract: Cystic abdominal masses in children are not an infrequently encountered condition of childhood. These lesions usually present with large size and mimick each other with similar presenting symptoms. Imaging examinations have an important role to determine the type of the cystic abdominal masses, which is crucial for management of patients and presurgical planning. In this pictorial essay, we summarized the imaging features of common cystic abdominal masses of children, including cystic lesions arising from liver, biliary ducts, kidney, pancreas, bowel, ovary, mesentery, and miscellaneous tissues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Firat University Faculty of Medicine, Elazig, Turkey. ruhionur@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mehmet Ruhi
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Onur
authors.forename: Unal
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bakal
authors.forename: Ercan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kocakoc
authors.forename: Tugay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tartar
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kazez
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal / Q000379:methods*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography