title: An uncommon cause of abdominal pain: Mesenteric cyst.
abstract: Mesenteric cysts are benign cystic lesions. Here, we present the case of a patient with abdominal pain, which was diagnosed as mesenteric cyst. A 28-year-old male patient was admitted to the emergency department (ED) with abdominal pain and distention. Abdominal palpation revealed a smooth-surfaced mass palpable in the left upper quadrant. Ultrasonography depicted a hypoechoic heterogeneous mass-like structure with a size of 15 × 12 cm. Computerized tomography (CT) showed a well-defined cystic structure with a size of 12 × 12.5 cm near to the duodenum and pancreas. The patient was admitted, and the cystic structure was drained with a percutaneous drainage catheter; then, sclerotherapy was performed using ethyl alcohol with the aid of ultrasonography. The material was sent to the pathology lab and revealed negative results for malignant cell and mucin. The patient underwent a control CT with contrast, which revealed the catheter at the site of the operation and no cystic lesion after procedure. He was discharged 1 week after the procedure. Mesenteric cysts are extremely rare benign lesions of the abdomen, and emergency physicians must consider this disease in the differential diagnosis of abdominal pain. The percutaneous drainage technique performed on our patient is a safe technique for the treatment of selected patients.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Izmir Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Research and Training Hospital , İzmir , Turkey.
authors.forename: Erden Erol
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Ünlüer
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, İzmir Buca Seyfi Demirsoy State Hospital , İzmir , Turkey.
authors.forename: Seran
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ünlüer
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Izmir Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Research and Training Hospital , İzmir , Turkey.
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Şahı N
authors.affiliation: General Surgery Department, Izmir Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Research and Training Hospital , Izmir , Turkey.
authors.forename: Kemal Erdı Nç
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Kamer
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, İzmir Karşıyaka State Hospital , İzmir , Turkey.
authors.forename: Arıf
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karagöz
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Izmir Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Research and Training Hospital , İzmir , Turkey.
authors.forename: Gözde Canan
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Tan
keywords: abdominal pain; emergency; interventional radiology; mesenteric cyst