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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1992;35(1):129-134. Published online January 15, 1992.

Cases of Omental Cyst

Ju Seok JS Maeng¹, Hae Kyung HK Lee¹, Jae Ock JO Park¹, Sang Jhoo SJ Lee¹, Chul C Moon², Dong Wha DW Lee³

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University, Seoul, Korea
³Department of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

A 3-year-old female patient was admitted due to marked abdomainal distension. Her mother has been noticed the abdominal distension since birth, and the abdomen was enlarged progressively, but there were no subjective symptoms such as abdominal pain, vomiting nor indigestion. The radiographic findings showed huge intraabdomainal mass anterior to intestine which had septated fluid collection in it. Omental cyst was removed surgically and the result was favorable.

Keywords :Omental Cyst