TRAUMATIC RUPTURE OF MESENTERIC CYST - A LIFE-THREATENING COMPLICATION OF A RARE LESION

Authors
ULMAN I HEREK O OZOK G AVANOGLU A ERDENER A
Citation
I. Ulman et al., TRAUMATIC RUPTURE OF MESENTERIC CYST - A LIFE-THREATENING COMPLICATION OF A RARE LESION, European journal of pediatric surgery, 5(4), 1995, pp. 238-239
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Pediatrics
Journal title
European journal of pediatric surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
09397248
Volume
5
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
238 - 239
Database
ISI
SICI code
0939-7248(1995)5:4<238:TROMC->2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Mesenteric cysts are very rare. Most of the cases are asymptomatic exc ept when complicated. A mesenteric cyst ruptured due to trauma in a 3- year-old boy is described. It was diagnosed intraoperatively and treat ed surgically.