Idiopathic lymphatic mesenteric cyst of the proximal jejunum: A case report of an unusual clinical presentation

Presentation of a Case of Mesenteric Cyst

“…The mesenteric cyst is a rare abdominal tumor with a reported prevalence of 1:100,000 in adults, being more common in Caucasians in the 4 th decade of life [1,4,7,9,[10][11][12]. They are slightly more common in women although a study carried out by Yavuz and collaborators between 2010 and 2019 showed a predominance of males [7,9,12].…”

“…Because it presents nonspecific symptomatology, chronic abdominal pain, nausea, abdominal distension and alteration of bowel habits which are common in diseases of the digestive tract or the reference of an abdominal mass, the diagnosis of the mesenteric cyst may be incidental through imaging tests to identify the abdominal mass and physical examination in the investigation of symptoms [1,4,6,7,8,11,13].…”

“…Mesenteric cysts were described for the first time in 1507 by Benevenni, during an autopsy and the first resection was performed in 1880 by Tillaux [1][2][3][4][5]. They are rare tumors, usually benign, which can appear in any part of the gastrointestinal tube, asymptomatic or with nonspecific symptoms and are often diagnosed incidentally in the identification of an abdominal mass, by imaging or in the investigation of abdominal symptoms [1,6,7,8].…”

“…They are rare tumors, usually benign, which can appear in any part of the gastrointestinal tube, asymptomatic or with nonspecific symptoms and are often diagnosed incidentally in the identification of an abdominal mass, by imaging or in the investigation of abdominal symptoms [1,6,7,8]. The treatment is complete resection of the cyst, either by laparotomy or laparoscopy [1,4,6,7]. With these results, the patient was referred for surgical treatment and we chose to perform the surgery by video laparoscopy.…”