Mesenteric cystic lymphatic malformation: a rare case report and review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mesenteric cystic lymphatic malformation (LM) is a rare congenital benign malformation in adults, and its location in the mesentery of the sigmoid colon is even rarer.

Case description

We describe a rare case of LM of the mesentery in a 49-year-old woman. The patient was inadvertently identified during a physical examination 1 month earlier. Transvaginal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed the presence of an intrapelvic mass posterior to the uterus and right anterior to the sigmoid colon. According to the results of the ultrasound, the mass showed hypoechoic solid features with a blood flow signal, and MRI showed that the internal enhancement of the mass was uneven. According to its imaging characteristics, it was preliminarily speculated as a

SUBMITTER: Li YY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10789885 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature