“…Misleadingly, mesenterial cysts and ICL are often classified together. The differentiation between these two types of cysts, however, is of prognostic relevance due to a recurrence risk in case of incomplete resection of an ICL [1,3,13,14]. Due to an adverse anatomic localization, incompletely removed ICL often results in a progressive, infiltrative growth in the relapse phase, and this might also require the additional removal of the involved intestinal or organ segments [9].…”