Korean J Pediatr.
2008 Apr;51(4):431-434. 10.3345/kjp.2008.51.4.431.
A case of midgut volvulus due to mesenteric lymphangioma, not associated with malrotation in a 13-year-old boy
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- 1Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea. pjstable@schch.co.kr
- 2Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea.
- 3Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea.
- 4Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea.
- KMID: 2280165
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2008.51.4.431
Abstract
- A 13-year-old boy, complained of an intermittent suddenly aggravated severe abdominal pain and diarrhea, was diagnosed as a small bowel volvulus without an intestinal malrotation, due to mesenteric lymphangioma. He took abdominal ultrasonography, abdominal CT scanning, upper gastrointestinal study and got an operation. The small bowel volvulus with cystic lymphangioma was confirmed by gross and pathologic findings.
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