Giant multiloculated omental cyst in a pediatric patient. Case report and literature review
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Callizaya Macedo, Giovanni
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Auza-Santivañez, Jhossmar Cristians
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Vallejos Rejas, Daniel Ramiro Elías
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Quispe Sarmiento, Ritdber Alfredo
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Flores Canaviri, Jhaleny Jael
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Suarez Laime, Liliana Heydi
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[1] Universidad Privada del Valle
Universidad Privada del Valle
Bolivia
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[2] Hospital del Niño “Dr. Ovidio Aliaga Uría”. La Paz, Bolivia
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[3] Ministerio de Salud y Deportes. Instituto Académico Científico Quispe-Cornejo. La Paz, Bolivia
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[4] Hospital Daniel Bracamonte. Potosí, Bolivia
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[5] Seguro Social Universitario, Cochabamba, Bolivia
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[6] Hospital Materno Infantil German Urquidi. Cochabamba, Bolivia
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- Localización: Multidisciplinar (Montevideo), ISSN-e 3046-4064, Vol. 2, Nº. 0, 2024 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Multidisciplinar (Montevideo))
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Introduction: Omental cysts are rare intra-abdominal lesions, with a frequency of 1:250,000, which often present asymptomatically. However, they can cause abdominal distension, or even surgical abdominal symptoms.
Case report: A 3-year-old female patient presents with a clinical picture of 2 years of evolution, reporting progressive abdominal distention since she was one year old and abdominal pain for 2 weeks. Physical findings show an abdomen with great abdominal distention, tense and painful on superficial and deep palpation. A contrast-enhanced CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis revealed abdominopelvic cystic lesions. Exploratory laparotomy revealed a giant multilocular cystic mass dependent on the greater omentum. The pathological report revealed a giant omentum cyst. A successful surgical resection of the cystic lesions was performed and a favorable post-surgical evolution was performed.
Conclusions: Omentum cysts are rare in paediatrics. Diagnosis is based on imaging studies and is confirmed during surgery. Surgical treatment is effective and with few complications
