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CT And MR Imaging Features of a Non-Pancreatic Pseudocyst of the Mesentery
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School,Division of Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, Boston, MA
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School,Division of Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Pathology, Boston, MA
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School,Division of Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Department of General Surgery, Boston, MA
Online publication date: 2009-01-15
Publication date: 2009-01-15
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Servet Tatlı
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-732-6304, Fax: 617-732-6317
Eur J Gen Med 2009;6(1):49-51
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ABSTRACT
Wide range of congenital and acquired cysts that arise from various tissue linings of the abdomen are grouped as mesenteric cysts. A non-pancreatic pseudocyst of the mesentery is an uncommon, acquired pathologic entity, developing secondary to trauma or infection. Awareness of the imaging features of non-pancreatic pseudocyst may help radiologists to differentiate them other abdominal neoplastic processes and may prevent unnecessary surgery. We report CT and MR imaging features of a non-pancreatic pseudocyst of the mesentery.