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Case Report

Korean J Pediatr. 2008;51(4):431-434. Published online April 15, 2008.

A case of midgut volvulus due to mesenteric lymphangioma, not associated with malrotation in a 13-year-old boy

Jung Ho JH Lee¹, Seok Ju SJ Choi¹, Tae Yoon TY Kim², Young Tong YT Kim³, Hyun Deuk HD Cho⁴, Joon Soo JS Park¹

¹Departments of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea
²Departments of Surgery, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea
³Departments of Radiology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea
⁴Departments of Pathology , College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea

Correspondence Joon Soo JS Park ,Email: pjstable@schch.co.kr

Abstract

A 13-year-old boy, complained of an intermittent suddenly aggravated severe abdominal pain and diarrhea, was diagnosed as a small bowel volvulus without an intestinal malrotation, due to mesenteric lymphangioma. He took abdominal ultrasonography, abdominal CT scanning, upper gastrointestinal study and got an operation. The small bowel volvulus with cystic lymphangioma was confirmed by gross and pathologic findings.

Keywords :Midgut volvulus, Cytic lymphangioma, Malrotation