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Giant Mesenteric Cystic Lymphangioma Originating from the Lesser Omentum in the Abdominal Cavity

  • Kang, Byung-Hee (Department of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine) ;
  • Hur, Hoon (Department of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine) ;
  • Joung, Yong-Sik (Department of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Do-Kyung (Department of Pathology, Ajou University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Young-Bae (Department of Pathology, Ajou University School of Medicine) ;
  • Ahn, Chang-Wook (Department of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine) ;
  • Han, Sang-Uk (Department of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine) ;
  • Cho, Yong-Kwan (Department of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine)
  • Received : 2011.12.08
  • Accepted : 2011.12.14
  • Published : 2011.12.30
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Abstract

A 48 year old woman was diagnosed with a huge cystic mass in her abdominal cavity. She complained of significant abdominal discomfort due to the mass. The abdominal computed tomography revealed a giant multi-lobulated mass, measuring $26{\times}12$ cm in size, adjacent to the lesser curvature of the stomach. In the operation field, the mass was found to originate from the lesser omentum, including the right and left gastric vessels and the vagus nerves, and to invade the lesser curvature of the stomach. For curative resection, distal subtotal gastrectomy with mass excision followed by gastroduodenostomy were performed. This mass was pathologically diagnosed to be a mesenteric cystic lymphangioma; in fact, the largest ever reported. The patient had no complications during the postoperative period and was discharged from the hospital on the seventh day after surgery.

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