Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Mucinous cystic neoplasms of the mesentery: a case report and review of the literature | World Journal of Surgical Oncology BioMed Central Open Access Mucinous cystic neoplasms of the mesentery a case report and review of the literature Georgios Metaxas 1 Athanasios Tangalos2 Polyxeni Pappa2 and Irene Papageorgiou3 Address University Hospital of South Manchester The Nightingale and Genesis Prevention Centre Southmoor Road M239LT Manchester UK 2Helena Venizelos General Hospital 2nd Department of Surgery GR-11521 Athens Greece and 3Drama General Hospital Department of Surgery Drama Greece Email Georgios Metaxas - geometa@ Athanasios Tangalos - vtangalos@ Polyxeni Pappa - papol@ Irene Papageorgiou - Corresponding author Published 19 May 2009 Received 21 January 2009 World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2009 7 47 doi l477-78l 9-7-47 Accepted 19 May 2009 This article is available from http content 7 l 47 2009 Metaxas et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Mucinous cystic neoplasms arise in the ovary and various extra-ovarian sites. While their pathogenesis remains conjectural their similarities suggest a common pathway of development. There have been rare reports involving the mesentery as a primary tumour site. Case presentation A cystic mass of uncertain origin was demonstrated radiologically in a 22 year old female with chronic abdominal pain. At laparotomy the mass was fixed within the colonic mesentery. Histology demonstrated a benign mucinous cystadenoma. Methods and results We review the literature on mucinous cystic neoplasms of the mesentery and report on the pathogenesis biologic behavior diagnosis and treatment of similar extra-ovarian tumors. We propose an updated classification of mesenteric .
