Mesenteric Cyst: A Different Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach; A Case Report
Published: 2020-07-06
Page: 42-47
Issue: 2020 - Volume 3 [Issue 1]
Raffaele Pezzilli *
Department of Gastroenterology, San Carlo Hospital, Potenza, Italy.
Massimo Barakat
Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), University of Bologna, Polyclinic of S. Orsola, Bologna, Italy.
Bahjat Barakat
Department of Emergency, Polyclinic of S. Orsola, Bologna, Italy.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Background: A mesenteric cyst is defined as a cyst which is located in the mesentery of the gastrointestinal tract; it may extend from the base of the mesentery into the retroperitoneum. The incidence of mesenteric cysts is 1:102,500 to 1:250,000 hospital admissions.
Case Report: We report a case of a female patient with a mesenteric cyst which was successfully treated with endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration, because the patient refused surgical excision.
Conclusion: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case in which the approach was echoendoscopic: the cystic lesion completely disappeared and did not recur at following CT scan follow-up.
Keywords: Mesenteric cyst, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, endoscopic ultrasound, fine needle aspiration, CEA