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case_images: plane abdominal X-ray with a nonspecific dilatation of bowel loops
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case_images: F1
case_images: Diagnostic assessment: abdominal X-ray showed nonspecific dilatation of bowel loops (Figure 1), and abdominal ultrasound (USS) showed an anechoic diffuse lesion more suggestive of a cyst.
case_images: large intra-abdominal homogenous cystic mass (blue arrow) within enhancing walls in keeping with a mesenteric cyst
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case_images: F2
case_images: A contrast CT scan showed a large intra-abdominal homogeneously mass within enhancing walls consistence with a mesenteric cyst that measured about 11 by 13.2 cm (Figure 2).
case_images: intra-operatively, an Ileal mesenteric cyst closely and firmly adherent to the proximal ileum
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case_images: F3
case_images: On laparotomy, a unilocular cystic intraperitoneal mass of about 12 by 13 cm was found, it originated from the mesentery of the ileum which was closely and firmly adherent to the proximal ileum (Figure 3).