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Year : 2008 | Volume
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| 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
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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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