Mesenteric Cysts

Burnett, W.; Rosemond, George P.; Bucher, R

doi:10.1001/archsurg.1950.01250010720006

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“…Of the 5 symptomatic pa tients, 4 had abdominal pain, 2 had nausea, I had early satiety and 4 (44%) had a palpable abdominal mass. A palpable mass was identified in 50% of the patients of Burnett et al [30] and in 24% in the series reported by Takeuchi et al [31 ].…”

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Mesenteric Cysts: An Overview

Carty¹,

Conter²

1990

Dig Surg

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Mesenteric cysts are unusual abdominal tumors. The clinical presentation of patients with mesenteric cysts is variable and often mimics other intra-abdominal disease processes. In an effort to assess our management of these patients, the medical records of all patients with a diagnosis of mesenteric cyst seen at the Pennsylvania State University, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, from 1973 through 1988 were reviewed. Patients with omental or retroperitoneal cysts were excluded from this study. The diagnosis was established either by laparotomy or autopsy in 9 patients, 6 women and 3 men with a mean age of 49.6 years. The mean duration of symptoms was 2.4 months (range 5 days to 8.4 months). The most common symptoms were abdominal pain, nausea and early satiety; however, 4 patients were completely asymptomatic. Ultrasound and CT scans were the most helpful diagnostic tests. At elective laparotomy, cysts were managed by enucleation or incontinuity bowel resection. Cysts were found most commonly in the small bowel mesentery (44%) and volumes ranged from 1 to 4,890 cm³ (average 890 cm³). Pathologic examination showed the cyst fluid to be serous in 6 patients and chylous in 2 patients without malignant changes. However, in 1 patient whose cyst was filled with hemorrhagic gelatinous material, histology confirmed a low-grade leiomyoblastoma. There were no operative mortalities and no evidence of recurrence during a mean follow-up period of 44 months. We conclude that because of the definite risk of neoplastic disease, all patients diagnosed with mesenteric cysts either preoperatively or incidentally at laparotomy should undergo enucleation or incontinuity resection as the treatment of choice for mesenteric cysts.

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Mesenteric Cysts: An Overview

Carty¹,

Conter²

1990

Dig Surg

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“…Barr and Yamashita (1964) suggest that these lesions most commonly occur as slowly enlarging, painless swellings. However Burnett, Rosemund and Bucher (1950) state that pain is a more significant feature, and Walker and Putnam (1973) found that 7 out of 12 (60%) of their non-acute cases had pain.…”

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“…An awareness of their occurrence and variable presentation is the main diagnostic aid. Burnett et al (1950) found that a majority (46-5%) of cases of mesenteric cyst are located in the small bowel mesentery, those in the sigmoid colon accounting for only 15% of the total.…”

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An unusual presentation of a mesenteric cyst of the sigmoid colon

Simpson

Horsburgh

1982

Postgraduate Medical Journal

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“…In 1950, Burnett1 collected 200 cases of mesenteric cysts. Twenty-five percent of these were in patients less than 10 years of age and only 5.5% of these were below the age of 1 year. Arnheim …”

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