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| Year : 2008 | Volume
: 13
| Issue : 3 | Page : 115-117 |
Solitary mesenteric vascular anomaly presenting as acute abdomen
CR Thambidorai1, A Wahab1, AH Hamzaini2
1 Paediatric Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, University Kebangsaan of Malaysia, Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2 Paediatric Surgery Unit, Department of Radiology, University Kebangsaan of Malaysia, Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Correspondence Address:
C R Thambidorai
Paediatric Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, University Kebangsaan, Malaysia Medical Centre, Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.43820
A 4-year-old girl with a solitary vascular anomaly of the mesentery presented with acute lower abdominal pain. Despite the use of ultrasound, computed tomography scan and image-guided core biopsies, the lesion was initially mistaken for an inflammatory intra-abdominal mass. The correct diagnosis was made at laparotomy. Solitary vascular anomaly of the mesentery is rare and its presentation as an acute abdomen has not been reported before.
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