 Giant multiloculated omental cyst in a pediatric patient. Case report and literature reviewGiovanni Callizaya Macedo, Jhossmar Cristians Auza-Santivañez, Daniel Ramiro Elías Vallejos Rejas, Ritdber Alfredo Quispe Sarmiento, Jhaleny Jael Flores Canaviri and Liliana Heydi Suarez Laime Multidisciplinar (Montevideo), 2024, vol. 2, 88 Abstract: Introduction: Omental cysts are rare intra-abdominal lesions, with a frequency of 1:250,000, which often present asymptomatically. However, they can cause abdominal distension, or even surgical abdominal symptoms. Case report: A 3-year-old female patient presents with a clinical picture of 2 years of evolution, reporting progressive abdominal distention since she was one year old and abdominal pain for 2 weeks. Physical findings show an abdomen with great abdominal distention, tense and painful on superficial and deep palpation. A contrast-enhanced CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis revealed abdominopelvic cystic lesions. Exploratory laparotomy revealed a giant multilocular cystic mass dependent on the greater omentum. The pathological report revealed a giant omentum cyst. A successful surgical resection of the cystic lesions was performed and a favorable post-surgical evolution was performed. Conclusions: Omentum cysts are rare in paediatrics. Diagnosis is based on imaging studies and is confirmed during surgery. Surgical treatment is effective and with few complications Date: 2024 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:dbk:multid:v:2:y:2024:i::p:88:id:1062486agmu202488 DOI: 10.62486/agmu202488 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Multidisciplinar (Montevideo) from AG Editor |
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