Mesenteric cysts in pregnancy. A case report
Gast, M.J.; Jacobs, A.J.; Goforth, G.; Martin, C.M.
Journal of Reproductive Medicine 34(2): 179-182
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0024-7758 PMID: 2647977 Document Number: 346667
Mesenteric cysts are rare. These large, often asymptomatic growths may be misinterpreted easily by the clinician as representing either benign or malignant ovarian tumors, renal masses, or hepatic tumors or cysts. We treated a women for a mesenteric cyst complicating her second pregnancy. Because of the increasing use of ultrasound in a wide variety of pregnancy complications, and because of the mesenteric cysts's unique sonographic appearance (resembling that of a benign ovarian tumor), such a cyst must be included in the differential diagnosis of large, cystic abdominal masses in pregnancy.