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Mesenteric cystic lymphangioma: radiologic appearance mimicking cystic teratoma

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Lymphangiomas are benign multiloculated cystic tumors. We present radiologic and pathologic findings of a mesenteric lymphangioma containing calcification and mimicking a mesenteric teratoma. This may broaden the differential diagnosis of a cystic mesenteric mass containing calcification.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street Jackson, 39216, MS, USA

    M. T. Hatten & J. E. Hamrick-Turner

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA

    D. B. Smith

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Hatten, M.T., Hamrick-Turner, J.E. & Smith, D.B. Mesenteric cystic lymphangioma: radiologic appearance mimicking cystic teratoma. Pediatr Radiol 26, 458–460 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01377201

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